Greece

Greece's new ''Electronic Document Transfer System,'' the bill for which was signed by government ministers on Friday, is expected to save the Greek state at least €380 million in expenses annually. It is believed that the new, breakthrough system will...

The largest union representing public sector employees in Greece has called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday. ADEDY, which represents about half a million public sector workers, is demanding wage and pension increases. It wants the left-led Syriza government to retract...

The public sector employees' union ADEDY is again boycotting the evaluation of staff working for the state, urging them to go on strike. In order to avoid last year's failed attempt to evaluate public sector and municipality employees, the Ministry...

The promise of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that his administration would stop Greece's brain drain by offering jobs in the public sector to university graduates, goes to deaf ears as those who have left Greece are not interested in...

Greece's public sector registry in 2016 was marked by more hirings than retirements, with the difference being the largest in the past four years, a Kathimerini report says. According to Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction figures, based on a qualitative and...

The Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) report for 2016 shows that 12,125 people were hired in the public sector as seasonal staff, fixed-term employees and contract workers. The number is a record-high increase, especially considering that through ASEP...

Greek public sector employees and military staff who are about to retire will see that the new pensions will be 15 to 25 percent lower than expected. A new circular distributed by the General Accounting Office shows in detail the...

A new law by the ministry of labor brings back to the public sector about 900 employees who had been fired for misconduct, misdemeanors and crimes. The Greek government is in the awkward position of having to abide to the...

The Greek Public Sector Union (ADEDY) urged citizens working in the country's public sector to stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday and express their opposition to the new 86-billion-euro bailout deal Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed on Monday morning with the country's...

The number of public sector pensioners reached 468,422 in 2014 and cost almost 6 billion euros, while 55.176 were added in the past five years, according to figures given by the General Accounting Office. The figures were presented to the...

The draft bill to rehire public-sector workers sacked by the previous government, abolishing "anti-democratic" memorandum laws on disciplinary action and other labor issues and for the pilot implementation of the Citizen's Card will be unveiled for public consultation in...

Greek public sector employees will be able to evaluate the new performance evaluation system as of today, December 22, it was announced on Monday. All public sector employees are called to anonymously answer eight questions on Greece's Administrative Reform Ministry...

Final decisions regarding layoffs in the public sector have Greece's state-employed laborers worried. Over the next two months, 4,000 public employees will be laid off in a bid to streamline government finances. Apart from those who have committed a criminal...

Yesterday, Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a meeting with Greece’s Troika of international lenders. The issue of redundancies in the public sector was the leading topic of conversation. Minister Mitsotakis analyzed the timetable for the implementation of the...

Greek public sector union ADEDY has called for a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, following a court decision that ruled ADEDY’s initial attempt to abstain from new employee evaluation processes “illegal and abusive.” Additionally, the union has decided to launch a new round...