The digital work card “revealed” that Greeks are increasingly working overtime
In Greece, there has been an increase in reported overtime since the use of the digital work card, said the Greek Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis.
That card accurately records the time when employees arrive at the workplace and when they leave, which better protects the rights of employees, the minister said.
Marinakis said at the press conference that the increase in overtime hours is particularly evident in the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period last year.
According to him, supermarkets are a clear example, where the number of overtime hours from the beginning of the use of the card to the end of 2023 has increased by 61.2 percent.
The digital work card was introduced in order to protect the rights of workers and suppress the exploitative practices of some employers, failure to report overtime and falsification of data, said the Deputy Prime Minister.
As he said, the digital card will be successfully used in banks and large supermarkets from 2022, and from 2023 in insurance companies, public utility companies and security companies.
Since July 1, its use has been extended to industry and retail, sectors that employ about 750,000 people. When this measure is extended to catering and tourism, it is expected that around 1.5 million employees will use the digital work card, said Marinakis.
The work card applies only to those who must be at the workplace during working hours and who can report their arrival and departure, and not to those who work outside the workplace.
For such employees, the length of working hours that was previously officially reported is still used.
One of the goals of the Ministry of Labor is to use the digital card to obtain a realistic picture of work, which would be the basis for the eventual formulation of a better labor law.
Source: Beta
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