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Uninsured Labor on the Rise in Greek Islands

Social security fund IKA and Labor Ministry inspectors have recorded many “exceptional” incidents in checks they conducted in 25 tourist areas during the past few weeks. During checks, inspectors noted incidents where uninsured employees and workers tried to escape by jumping...

2.16 Percent Drop in Uninsured Employment

During the high tourist season, the government only uncovered seven uninsured employees in Rhodes, three in Mykonos and none in Santorini, making it easy to assume that something in the process went wrong. However, it explains why the effort...

Inspectors Hunting Uninsured Workers

With Greece's pension fund broke, partly because of unpaid obligations from businesses, more than 1,000 inspectors are scouring the country searching for uninsured workers and the bosses employing them. Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis warned employers with uninsured workers that they...

One in Three Tourism Employees is Uninsured

Undeclared labor during the summer season has become Greece’s new scourge, as after numerous controls it was found that one in three workers in tourist enterprises is uninsured. As it was officially announced by ΙΚΑ (Social Insurance Institute, the largest...

Child Labor Plagues Greece

June 12 is the World Day Against Child Labor, but it seems that the fight against child labor has not yet started in Greece, where 100,000 “invisible” kids work long hours for low wages. George Moschos, Deputy Ombudsman in charge...

1.5 Million Uninsured Workers in Greece

According to a survey carried out by the Labor Institute of G.S.E.E, about 1,5 million workers in Greece, both Greeks and foreigners, are working under the regime of partial or entirely uninsured labor. The data show that the contribution evasion...

Uninsured Work in Greece Reached 39.4 percent

According to controls carried out by the Hellenic Labor Inspectorate in the first three months of 2013, uninsured work in Greece reached 39.4 percent. In particular, among the 17,189 businesses checked, 6,765 uninsured workers were found. Out of the uninsured,...

Employers Change the Nationality of their Employees to Save on Labor Costs

The financial crisis is indeed a source of problems, but sometimes employers cross the line just because the crisis supplies them with ample justification to do so. A very imaginative “solution” was found in Larissa where a witty employer...

Ferry Strike to Hit Greece on Friday

  Travelers making ferry journeys in Greece on Friday are being advised to check their plans as a 24-hour strike looms. The Pan-Hellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) has called the industrial action over what it calls "cuts and regulations of the third...

Greek Pension Funds On The Brink

Greece's crushing economic crisis has put a big dent in the pension fund system which has a reported shortfall of up to 2.5 billion euros ($3.26 billion) while the National Organization for Healthcare’s (EOPYY) deficit is expected to be...

Half of New Greek Jobs are Part Time and Underpaying

One half of new jobs in Greece's private sector are part-time and pay below minimum wage, according to figures released by ERGANI. May figures look promising regarding the number of hirings, but the wages are low and half of the...

Unemployment Among Women Main Reason for Low Birth Rate in Greece

Unemployment among women is the main reason for low birth rate in Greece, says a HuffPost Greece report. The report cites demographer Peter McDonald who believes the declining number of live births does not directly relate to poverty as much...

This is Greece's Final Bailout Proposal to the Creditors; Full Document of Reforms

The Greek bailout proposal was sent via email to the president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem who will forward it to the rest of Greece's creditors. The Greek parliament which also received the draft, has been ordered to prepare an...

Report Unveils Human Rights Violations in Greece Stemming from Austerity Policy

Austerity measures adopted in response to the economic crisis have adversely impacted human rights, such as the rights to work and health, and curtailed fundamental freedoms in Greece, denounce FIDH and its member organization the Hellenic League for Human...

850,000 Workers Unpaid for a Year

The financial crisis has dramatically changed the lives of millions of Greek citizens whose wages have been cut while their purchasing power has gone 30 years back. According to the annual report of the Labor Institute of the General Confederation of...