Greece introduces 6-day work week, labour experts worried it “can spread”

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4 күн бұрын

Greece has become the first European country to introduce 48-hours of labour per week. As of July 1st, some Greeks have the option to work six days a week or add an extra two hours onto their workday.
The country's prime minister says the measure is “deeply growth-oriented,” but some labour and political analysts are strongly against the move.
“I haven't heard anyone who's happy about it because the expectation - as you said it's an introduction - can spread to other industries. So, there is the concern that this is not going to stop here,” says Sakis Gekas, a modern Greek history professor at York University.
Global’s Amandalina Letterio reports.
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@K.l18810diver 2 күн бұрын

A blow to mental health

@MrBobbyBrown2006 2 күн бұрын

Who TF wants to work 6 days a week? What kind of life is that?

@shauncameron8390 2 күн бұрын

Asians and Africans.

@ernestogastelum9123 2 күн бұрын

@@nutbutterlover1040it has nothing to do with lazy people. We already gove away 5 days of our week. We atleast deserve 2 days to do the extra chores and errands. The only ones who dont see anything wrong with this. Are the ones who generally dont have a life

@1deagwonder440 2 күн бұрын

@@nutbutterlover1040🤡

@MrBobbyBrown2006 Күн бұрын

@@ernestogastelum9123 100%

@Thewitchinthewillow Күн бұрын

@@nutbutterlover1040 or people who actually have a brain in their head and choose to live life instead of living to work. 🤡

@IbnBahtuta 2 күн бұрын

Working like slaves.

@tomservo5007 2 күн бұрын

I never understood how the collective is happy with peanuts while upper management has seen double (some triple) digit percent increase

@tomservo5007 2 күн бұрын

A direct blow to personal wellbeing

@dvidclapperton 2 күн бұрын

A conservative government.

@canadaclub8920 2 күн бұрын

and productivity will likely decrease.

@canman5060 2 күн бұрын

6 days work with 2 and a half days productivity !

@shauncameron8390 2 күн бұрын

Greece was never that productive to begin with.

@barryallen6927 Күн бұрын

What decreases productivity is WFH, so people can watch netflix while moving the mouse once in a while.

@Akim35425 14 сағат бұрын

We didn't have good salaries to begin with. So zero motivation for productivity@@shauncameron8390

@Thewitchinthewillow 2 күн бұрын

Terrible idea

@politicalchannel66 2 күн бұрын

Only for the rich is this good @@JessT-vg7ib

@Thewitchinthewillow Күн бұрын

@@JessT-vg7ib No. I stand by what I said. And I have the right to voice my opinion. You obviously know nothing about life if you see working nonstop as a good way of life. You can slave your life away but dont expect others to agree.

@Thewitchinthewillow Күн бұрын

@@JessT-vg7ib Hah glad i could irritate you 😁

@JessT-vg7ib Күн бұрын

@@Thewitchinthewillow I'm not irritate. There's just too many lazy people out there who need to learn a work ethic.

@Thewitchinthewillow Күн бұрын

@@JessT-vg7ib I definitely agree, but there is a very big difference between having good work ethic and working all of the hours you can as lazily as you can like so many people do now. Take pride in your work and get it done on time and dont just keep jumping thru hoops because corporate tells you to. Money isnt happiness. You'll learn it one day.

@utubeu8129 2 күн бұрын

steps like this are always like a foot in the door for more invasive rules later

@krasnoludek06 Күн бұрын

Greece is like my old employer, rewards good work with more work.

@devinmcmanus Күн бұрын

@@krasnoludek06 like a pie eating contest where the prize for winning is more pie!

@canadaclub8920 Күн бұрын

@@devinmcmanus ill take cash please

@bobwoods1302 2 күн бұрын

Good to see that the productivity increases due to automation and computers are resulting in people having to work longer hours. Aren't we supposed to be going the other way?

@johncoons1666 2 күн бұрын

Oh, we’re going the other way all right. Backwards

@devinmcmanus Күн бұрын

@bobwoods1302 according to Keynes we should be working about 15 hours a week.

@jon6309 17 сағат бұрын

Apparently the Greeks are still using stones and sticks!

@mapleleaf8948 2 күн бұрын

So they don't have enough workers? Poor report, didn't explain why they did this. Sure way to make that even worse.

@williaminnes6635 2 күн бұрын

Greece has been getting a lot tougher on the undocumenteds.

@neliaferreira1492 2 күн бұрын

Then government should work 7 days a week because they have long summer vacations

@byronchavarria4954 Күн бұрын

Vacations Are A Right

@neliaferreira1492 Күн бұрын

@@byronchavarria4954 yes for hard working people and the government whant people too work even more than the government should be working they get long vacations and they get big fat pay checks that they are getting from hard working tax payers

@Programmidis 2 күн бұрын

Minimum wage in GR is 780 euros. If you have a degree you get around 1200-1500 euros. Rents in big cities are well above 300 euros. People suffer. After the 15th of each month, the majority do not have any more money for the rest of the month. Prices have skyrocketed the last two years. The members of the Parliament get much more than 10.000 euros per month. Now you can compare.

@gizemlikisi6213 2 күн бұрын

rent is more than minimum wage, right? Also, i heard that most people who have degrees earn around 1200-1300 euros meanwhile prices at the markets are the same or more expensive than the Western countries

@GRkillers Күн бұрын

only a few degrees get around 1200-1500 and also there is little flactuation on wages in jobs without a degree(the minimum) for the more demanding mentally or physically in general the working coultere in greece is the worst you live to work and even if you have the ability to save some money the amount you are going to get in comparison of the time is required are ridiculus

@lp4854 18 сағат бұрын

1500€?! Where? That whould be a dream! I'm a pharmacist with a master and my colleague has 2 degrees (chemistry & pharmacy) and we get 950€! The same goes for other my friends with degrees and masters... By the way, the rents for a 40 square meter house start from 500€...

@gizemlikisi6213 16 сағат бұрын

@@lp4854 why dont you simply go somewhere else?

@Ghanfort 15 сағат бұрын

@@lp4854 I am a software developer and get around 2000€ easily, a good friend who is a senior chef in Athenian restaurants gets around 6000€, a family member is a real estate agent in Crete and makes around 4000€ per month, young people who work tourism related office jobs and i know of make around 1700€. Seek another career, do not get stuck to a job without any prospect because of your degree.

@MrUranium238 2 күн бұрын

Next will be mandatory voluntary hours

@alexb.1372 2 күн бұрын

Next? It's already been done... if the "employee" wants he can work 13/24 hours... current Greek government/mafia made it legal few months ago....

@Kurauone__ Күн бұрын

We are slowly being pushed into slavery

@alexb.1372 2 күн бұрын

The current Greek government/mafia also made legal the 13 hours work per day if the "employee" wants... 13/24 hours of work ,6/7 days of work ,if you want to be a slave come to Greece.

@DJLordShango Күн бұрын

Why are you against that ??? At least they don’t need migrants to join their task force.

@StrikeBolteafc 4 сағат бұрын

⁠@@DJLordShangowhat wrong with migrants joining the workforce? Better than working that many hours, plus you will have no life working that much hours and all of the young people will just leave to any other eu country, resulting in even more population problems. Terrible idea

@EliXXU 2 күн бұрын

I think firstly, the government should apply this 6-day work week first, maybe even 7-day, cus you serve the country, right?

@Brian-dg3gh 2 күн бұрын

I’m self-employed and work 6 days a week often. I also often work a 4-day week or 7 or 3 and my employees have the same option. The main goal is meeting our deadlines which keeps the work coming in and keeps our bills paid. People who think rigid rules are important are the problem. Let people live their own lives as long as it’s not interfering with your own.

@cable46 2 күн бұрын

Sad. People treated like machines.

@CharlieWhite-uo3hh 15 сағат бұрын

Greece's unemployment is huge. There are people to work, only if they can afford the option, they will choose to remain unemployed and hunt for a job that pays well instead of slaving for pennies.This measure is in favour of the employers, they get more work out of their employees and in return they give them peanuts. And since i am Greek and have lived and worked all my life in Greece, let me inform you that you cannot say no to your employer, the next moment you are fired. And yes the unemployment rate is so high, that you will be replaced on the spot. The employer that complains about not being able to find an employee, does not offer enough payment.

@G0ddEityawesome 2 күн бұрын

Here is an idea: why not have 8 day workweek?

@Heartadia Күн бұрын

6 days a week simply means the boss now does not have to pay you OT on weekends.

@mattozx6rr 22 сағат бұрын

A 5 day workweek is too long. There is no way I would work 6.

@johnmcguire678 2 күн бұрын

Why not have a 7 day workweek?

@thegreatfulgamer5749 Күн бұрын

Thank God I work for myself

@sciencelover3339 Күн бұрын

And if you're Seventh-day Adventist or Jewish you're basically screwed, because you can't work on Saturdays. So you have to work 10 hour days instead.

@pravp7500 23 сағат бұрын

In Canada people struggle to find work, a 1 day work week will help.

@soniyasinha3496 Күн бұрын

is a five day work week not enough to make ends meet?

@user-vc1gh3jp2d 6 сағат бұрын

It's funny businesses and politicians think this will work. People are at their breaking point this is backfire spectacularly.

@larryhouse3776 Күн бұрын

Just stagger the work shifts amongst employees. You work a 4 day week, then a 6 day week. Your coworker works the 6, and then the 4. Production stays up, and you still get a long weekend every 2nd week.

@shaunleonard3878 2 күн бұрын

Don’t move to Greece!!! 🇬🇷

@devinmcmanus Күн бұрын

So now the Greek people will, in theory, spend more time producing goods and providing services. Unfortunately, they will have less time to consume them and less time for entrepreneurship. The solution proposed is to increase input in an economy. This is completely backwards because GDP is a measure of OUTPUT. The number of hours worked is hardly relevant, what matters is how much is produced per hour.

@StrikeBolteafc 4 сағат бұрын

People actually get less productive the more they work. If someone works 6 days a week the extra day they will be so drained they will barely be doing anything, while only one day rest means when they come back they won’t feel properly energised causing even worse productivity. That’s why 4 day workweeks have managed to keep roughly the same amount of productivity as a 5 day workweek but 8 less hours working because the workers are more relaxed and less stressed, causing more work to be done, and a 5 day workweek is still an improvement to a 6 day workweek, this could actually cause productivity to drop. And a another even worse problem is all of the youth Greek workers will leave to join literally any other eu country that doesn’t have 6 day workweeks, causing even less workers while having to sustain more pensioners which they will not be able to afford. It’s not going to end well for Greece if they stick with this strategy for to long

@Lp-ze1tg Күн бұрын

My neighbour hasn't worked for over 20 years and he should be at the age of around 40 years old. No kidding.

@prokopimiden 21 сағат бұрын

they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work

@PIPOFFICER 19 сағат бұрын

Shh they will crack down on surveillance software and time 4 teams delete this comment

@evka3220 50 минут бұрын

You see what we are.dealing with here in Greece???????????????

@user-eo1vz9lt8g 2 күн бұрын

I like to learn about computer stuff, but we are not bots, to be programmed, it's incredible how much automation can be done, but if it is at the expense of everyone, why would we even want it? It was supposed to go for less hours a week, and now we are going towards Asia which have always been incredible workers with a very long work week, but I lived in Japan where the salary man provides for his family but never sees his kids, is that what we want???

@MrJabez89 2 күн бұрын

I'd be taking A LOT of long breaks if this happened to me. A-fucking-lot of breaks.

@anonymous4gent Күн бұрын

They don’t work anyway. Nothing will change even if you make it a 8 day workweek. Kinda pathetic lol.

@evoxdream9101 2 күн бұрын

10hrs/ day, 4x / week. Perfect 🍻

@dangal9366 2 күн бұрын

That's what I'm doing this summer. I hate it. No life for 4 days.

@canadaclub8920 Күн бұрын

I would actually like that

@Idkanymore Күн бұрын

6 day work week well have fun with less productivity because more mistakes due to exhaustion & then having to go back and fix the mistakes they made from being exhausted

@tonchanthol5329 2 күн бұрын

wow

@bottomrung5777 2 күн бұрын

As the workers earn more then supply and demand will cause prices to rise.

@devinmcmanus Күн бұрын

Not necessarily. Workers need time to shop and consume. It could result in an abundance of goods and services that aren't consumed.

@bottomrung5777 Күн бұрын

@@devinmcmanus Essentials still are essential. Maybe more Amazon buys to save time but we adapt or hurry our purchase decision making. Sure less time to shop may reduce buys but imo this won't offset us having more $ to spend. Sellers will gladly take advantage and up their prices. Marketing closely follows this desire.

@prokopimiden 21 сағат бұрын

who said the workers are gonna earn more?

@bottomrung5777 18 сағат бұрын

@@prokopimidenPer paycheck no doubt otherwise the news article would have reflected reduced pay screaming. But if unionized perhaps once over the 40 then overtime might apply for some.

@canman5060 2 күн бұрын

No more afternoon siesta ?!

@qthomm2923 2 күн бұрын

Option?!! More like mandatory 😂

@helentart1980 2 күн бұрын

Aren’t they getting paid though?

@loklikme 2 күн бұрын

this is what i was wodering

@steventalik4782 2 күн бұрын

If they are being paid by the hour then yea you get more money. If they are being paid a salary then you are working more for the same amount of pay.

@loklikme Күн бұрын

@@steventalik4782 i agree with you and hopefully they are getting paid hourly

@Illuminous_ Күн бұрын

@@loklikme Absolute slavery. Think of the worst possible instance. That's the answer..

@prokopimiden 21 сағат бұрын

no salary remains the same and with high inflation money last for half the month

@fatelis 10 сағат бұрын

Guys greeks already work 6 days a week nothing new

@marcinhibner9507 2 күн бұрын

computers are synthetics that are controlling the output these days but input on control here is live beings. Would be funner to have robots do it all and i would love to maintain them keep them working 25/77 days a week no holidaysat all,maybe next life time moments I will have my robots to joystick them around from my computer in all vacation spots on earth, aaaaahhhhh :)

@ryansmith3405 2 күн бұрын

Left wing policies never go well. Canada is heading in the same direction.

@shauncameron8390 2 күн бұрын

Decades of left-wing policies are why Greece has to resort to this.

@piku5637 2 күн бұрын

@@shauncameron8390 Uhh these are fascist policies

@piku5637 2 күн бұрын

Canada has mostly neoliberal policies, not much left wing stuff here.

@shauncameron8390 2 күн бұрын

@@piku5637 Fascism is a left-wing idea.

@AtteliaVel 2 күн бұрын

@@piku5637😂 that not true . Facists are anti immigration, anti education , pro military , anti unions and are very pro corporations . They are the very right not left .

@Farrell_Lombardi 16 сағат бұрын

Slavery, servility, payroll. Simillar or the same? 🤔 All the countries are democratic until is money about 😛

@markplatt8357 Күн бұрын

It will not spread. Labour has had enough of excessive corporate greed.

@shauncameron8390 Күн бұрын

But not enough of state greed.

@greghallberg4182 2 күн бұрын

Don't tell multi-millionaire pierre or boss-harper about this 😂😂😂

@timh1187 2 күн бұрын

Trudeau has made over 100 million from Canadians. That’s just money we know about. Who knows how much he has in offshore accounts and has actually laundered all over the world. Be better man. Seriously

@shauncameron8390 Күн бұрын

Or the 87 million-dollar man Jagmeet Singh.

@byronchavarria4954 Күн бұрын

I Hope The United States Canada Australia Or Any Other Country Don't Follow This

@sitasurjitkalair8371 Күн бұрын

👍

@Kurauone__ Күн бұрын

Like in much of the West Greece’s population is shrinking. Most countries address this through immigration but Greece does not want immigration. The only other choice is for the remaining Greeks to work more.

@sotiriaxan1203 5 сағат бұрын

Bro, there are plenty of immigrants in Greece, reaching well above million...no one knows the real number because many illegals, and government is very secretive with their figures....unemployment is huge, salaries low, with long hours...noone wants to work under these conditions.

@luvdatbud 2 күн бұрын

Boooooooooo

@JessT-vg7ib 2 күн бұрын

cool...if u work less does that mean u get paid less? i want more money...why would i opt for less???

@gearspecialistmaya 2 күн бұрын

birthrate will continue to plummet. disgust

@daisyrose9311 22 сағат бұрын

Ironic, in the US, they're trying to reduce the work hours in some places, but in Greece, they're increasing them.

@dangal9366 2 күн бұрын

Lol ya right

@Esther-32013 18 сағат бұрын

Are they trying to drive out the last remaining young people out of their country? LOL

@Dekison Күн бұрын

they need to work that extra day to pay for the migrants

@jasoonta 2 күн бұрын

Modern slavery if you let it. Choice is yours.

@Ovidan72 2 күн бұрын

The reality is that in North America we work more than Europe. 😢😢😢

@shauncameron8390 2 күн бұрын

But the 4-day work week failed in Greece, because its economy was never big enough to support it requiring outside aid.

@derekgalia776 2 күн бұрын

Better seven working day

@liar-liar 2 күн бұрын

They better move to the US Israel

@jamesrobertarchbald6357 17 сағат бұрын

💀

@canman5060 2 күн бұрын

This is like Japan.

@g.f.beurling4474 Күн бұрын

Japan also has a very high suicide rate!

@nutbutterlover1040 17 сағат бұрын

@@g.f.beurling4474 but strong economy

@lizliz4186 2 күн бұрын

Oh no, please don't tell the conservative party, this is right up their alley

@JessT-vg7ib 2 күн бұрын

I hope the Conservatives win then.

@tomservo5007 2 күн бұрын

@@JessT-vg7ib Jess collects benefits and has a disability preventing them from working. Am I right Jess?

@bikingD 2 күн бұрын

Oh oh the Liberal Boogie man is out. Conservatives will do this oh they will do that. Then they win and don't change the basic structure of Canada but in general always help the middle class.

@JessT-vg7ib 2 күн бұрын

@@bikingD riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...conservatives always "help" people

@bikingD 2 күн бұрын

@@JessT-vg7ib Ok who lowered sales tax by 2%? Oh yah Harper. Who had a $500 income tax credit for arts and sports for kids? Oh yah Harper. Who had a $10,000 Reno tax credit? Oh Harper. Who had lower inflation and interest rates? Oh Harper. Who had a minimum prison terms to stop crime? Oh Harper so yes life was so much better with Conservatives in and they did this all while balancing the budget. Wow amazing so yes Canadians did have it better.

@ryd9886 2 күн бұрын

Illegal

@vasilytanygin 2 күн бұрын

People should have an opportunity to work 24/7 to afford living in a pod and eat ze bugzzz.

@lizbethartemis4886 2 күн бұрын

😂😂

@piku5637 2 күн бұрын

STOP CENSORING ALL MY GODDAMN COMMENTS KZfaq FRICK YOU!!!! 🇬🇷🔥

@philippelarabie9871 2 күн бұрын

It's not KZfaq. It's people like you and I that report you.

@e-curb 2 күн бұрын

@@philippelarabie9871 Sometimes it is YT. 4 years ago, if you posted these two words: "China Virus" under any video, it would be deleted within 10 seconds. Go to the top and try it now.

@apelle92 2 күн бұрын

Who is "Bea Burke" to criticize the direction of another country. Stay in your lane, hun. Canada is no role model for the world.

@olivur_1459 Күн бұрын

We need it in Canada.

@DJLordShango Күн бұрын

Excellent idea . We need to bring this concept to canada so we won’t need that much immigration 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

@mikedunsmuir9392 2 күн бұрын

Who started this idea??

@piku5637 2 күн бұрын

Capitalists

@barcelonachair6487 2 күн бұрын

Most businesses are already open 7 days a week but shifted out. If they are saying this is not mandatory or not for all businesses then what is the problem? If It allows more part time workers to become full time and receive benefits then why not?

@tomservo5007 2 күн бұрын

the opposite, this creates more part-time work as 10s of thousands once full time workers are now classified as part-time

@barcelonachair6487 2 күн бұрын

@@tomservo5007 I stand corrected, thanks for letting me know. So they could have done something really good for workers but its always more profit for government and owners.

@mateofernando5066 2 күн бұрын

Not surprised in a country where Tax Evasion is rampant. Why would anyone work any more than they need to, when they can work fewer hours under the table to evade taxes????

@asianboss6355 2 күн бұрын

They want ti make greece a economic superpower and not breed a lazy lot

@greoko 2 күн бұрын

Even if the Greeks were already the hardest working Europeans before this change Lol

@asianboss6355 2 күн бұрын

@@greoko police and military workers should not retire as early as age 40 or 45 in greece just sayin one of the contributing factors of greece economic crisis

@JessT-vg7ib 2 күн бұрын

This is a wonderful idea...they should introduce this in Canada. I don't know anyone who doesn't want to work more...unless they're slackers.

@brandoncleveland8704 2 күн бұрын

I'm a slacker I work 50 to 60 a week not working 70

@lizbethartemis4886 2 күн бұрын

@@brandoncleveland8704Inever worked 40hrsper week; extra hours free

@DJLordShango Күн бұрын

I absolutely agree since we about to cut on immigration. People need to work more and even contribute more in paying taxes . Why do these people complain about what many immigrants are already doing regularly????

@Illuminous_ Күн бұрын

how much are you working?

@JessT-vg7ib Күн бұрын

@@Illuminous_ I work seven days a week. HBU?

@ndragos87 2 күн бұрын

even when they used to work 40h a week they weren't doing 40 so i would cry for them, greeks are known to be on the lazy side

@Illuminous_ Күн бұрын

really? stereotypes? you don't know Greeks. speak only when you've met them us in person.

@ndragos87 Күн бұрын

@@Illuminous_ yes stereotypes it is the reality you can't really hide it

@Illuminous_ Күн бұрын

@@ndragos87 There're always good and bad examples. Give me any country and i can give you a stereotype making it's people look bad. it's so easy to look at only one side.