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Part-Time Employment Rises as Recession Continues in Greece

896CE5EB44465565933E852AF9CB6E08Part-time employment has skyrocketed by 90 percent in crisis-stricken Greece as full-time employment has decreased by almost half a million workers.
According to new figures by the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE), part-time work has become the employment norm for many people since 2010 and it seems to have replaced temporary employment. It has almost doubled since 2010 with women representing 57 percent of this increase.
The GSEE report says that quality of work has declined and many jobs are undeclared. Forced forms of labor are on the rise and working conditions, especially working hours, verge on exploitation.
In the labor market today, many workers are employed without work insurance and the low wages lead to a decline in overall consumption and consequently to lower living standards, both for workers and pensioners. Also, contributions to security funds have dropped significantly and the funds are suffering. As recession continues, there is no prospect for improved labor conditions this and next year, the GSEE report says.
According to a Kathimerini daily report, the figures on the labor market have been presented to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other party leaders and will be officially presented to the Greek people at the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September.
The GSEE report comes at a time when the Greek government and its creditors are starting talks on reforms in the labor market. Issues such as collective bargaining, mass layoffs and union laws are on the table with creditors asking that labor laws comply with European Union standards.

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