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Minimum Wage in Greece: A Tale of False Promises and Hopes

The Greek government announced on Monday that from January 1, 2022 the minimum wage in Greece will increase by 2 percentage points.

Salaries And Benefits of MEPs Dazzle Europeans In a Time of Austerity

With the European elections now behind us and political parties across the Union counting their gains and losses, the issue of the salaries and benefits enjoyed by Europe's 751 MEPs, surfaces yet again, causing widespread debate. As the official website...

Parliament 'Adopts' Family of Fallen Greek Pilot

The Greek parliament announced on Friday that it is "adopting" the two children of Giorgos Baltadoros, the pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday. In practice this means that Baltadoros' widow and the two...

IKA Released Salary Data for Greece: 400 Euros/Month for PT Employment

The largest Social Security Organization in Greece released data on average rates of pay. The statistics show that the average part-time worker in Greece is paid 400.84 euros per month (23.58 euros per day). An average full-time salary is...

Despite the Crisis Young Greeks Prefer to Work in Greece

A large percentage of young Greeks still wish to find employment in their own country, despite the fact that employment barriers across the world have dropped significantly. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network, which includes 50 job search websites,...

Expenditure of the Average Greek Salary

When we discuss salaries in Greece today, we are basically referring to the skeletal remains of pre-crisis earnings. But even this reduced salary must somehow be spent on a monthly basis to cover families' basic needs. Where exactly do Greeks...

Medieval Working Conditions for Greek Workers

Shocking data released by the General Confederation of Greek Workers Union GSEE reveals that the exploitation of unemployed Greeks is on the rise.  Working conditions for hundreds of thousands of workers in Greece can be characterized as unprecedented and resemble...