Labor

Greece Records EU’s Highest Tax Rate on Labor, Report Finds

Greece recorded the highest implicit tax rate on labor in the European Union in 2024, underscoring the scale of the tax burden attached to employment in the country. The rate reached 44.8 percent, compared with an EU average of 37.1...

The Hidden Role of Women in Agriculture in Ancient Greece and Rome

Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrates on urban domestic life, with no references to women involved in agriculture or work outside the home. However, recent studies indicate the important contribution of rural women in agriculture and...

Greece Launches Refugee Internship Program to Address Labor Shortages

Greece has unveiled a new initiative to integrate hundreds of refugees and migrants into critical sectors of its economy struggling with labor shortages. The program, funded through the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, is designed to utilize the skills of...

Greece to Import Egyptian Workers Amid Labor Shortage

Greece will rectify its labor shortage issues this summer by importing workers from Egypt for temporary agricultural employment as part of an initiative between the two countries. This will help alleviate workforce deficiencies in various sectors, including agriculture, tourism,...

Greece Votes New Labor Law Setting Six-Day Work Week

The Parliament in Greece recently approved a new labor law that introduces a six-day work week and flexible working hours despite the protests of opposition parties and trade unions. Out of 300 legislators, 158 supported the law, all from the...

Greece Ranks Last in EU Gender Pay Gap

The year 2022 has seen multiple challenges and crises come to life including a rising cost of living, increased rent, climate emergency, the ongoing pandemic, and slow progress in gender parity.  Global leaders are facing a series of economic and...

Greek Delivery Giant Efood Faces Major Backlash Over Worker’s Rights

Efood, Greece's largest food delivery service, sent out a text message to 115 of their employees urging them to become freelancers, possibly accepting no benefits and less stable employment, or lose their jobs. For ten years, Efood has been the...

Greece’s Halki Island Celebrates First Baby Born in Almost 50 Years

The residents of the picturesque tiny island of Halki have been particularly happy recently as their homeland saw its first baby being born on the island in approximately 50 years!

Media Blackout Continues in Greece as Unions Extend Strike

Journalists, producers and technical staff decided on Wednesday to continue their strike for another 24 hours in protest against planned changes to the press laws in Greece. State-run and most private-run media in the country have halted all news dissemination...