Digital labor card expands from Monday

Greece is taking different step toward the afloat digitization of the labour marketplace arsenic of Monday, arsenic the use of the integer labour paper is being expanded, a '22 measurement that is gradually being implemented to much and much cardinal sectors of the economy.

As of November 3, these sectors will beryllium electricity-natural gas-steam-air conditioning supply, wholesale and retail trade, and centrifugal vehicle repair, fiscal and security activities, and administrative and support activities successful tourism.

With this expansion, astir 2 cardinal employees and implicit 280,000 businesses will beryllium under the caller authorities of full-time recording. The improvement comes aft a four-month aviator period, during which the Labor Ministry proceeded to consult with trade union and leader bodies successful bid for businesses to accommodate to the caller conditions.

According to ministry data, successful the January-August 2025 play 4.24 cardinal overtime hours were recorded, compared to 2.4 cardinal successful the aforesaid play successful 2024. The summation reaches 76%, a fig that, according to marketplace executives, “does not bespeak much work, but much transparency.”

That is because, arsenic the authoritative information reveal, the integer labour paper appears to uncover working hours that successful the past remained undeclared (or underdeclared), bringing to airy the true grade of overtime, particularly successful highly seasonal sectors.

It is nary coincidence that the astir awesome alteration is recorded successful tourism, where declared overtime hours accrued by 681% connected an yearly basis, from 60,356 successful 2024 to 471,507 this year. In August alone, the highest period of the tourism season, the summation reached 573%.

A akin representation is evident successful the nutrient work industry, with an summation of 181% successful the eight-month play and 295% successful August.

Therefore, arsenic the hundreds of thousands of overtime hours that were not declared successful the past are present being officially recorded successful the Ergani system, employers’ work for further remuneration is besides ensured, arsenic employees are present paid for their existent work.

The summation successful recorded overtime hours is besides important successful different sectors, such arsenic retail with +94% (from 244,975 to 474,263 hours), manufacture with +55% (from 1,285,290 to 1,987,574 hours), supermarkets (+20%) and banks (+12%).