PASOK spokesperson: New labor bill reflects government's dogma of cheap labor, low productivity

The caller labour measure reflects the dogma of New Democracy successful "cheap labor, debased productivity - the precise past of the past successful Europe -, implicit flexibility without security, and a aboriginal that dismantles household planning," PASOK property spokesperson Kostas Tsoukalas told Mega connected Wednesday.

Levelling crisp disapproval against the government, Tsoukalas focused connected the 13 hours of overtime issue, accusing the authorities of "consciously lying". The spokesperson of the main absorption cited the Civil Code's Article 659, which says that an worker is obliged to enactment overtime, unless sick, with refusal to bash truthful considered against bully faith. "Therefore, the thought it is not obligatory is simply a lie. It is obligatory for these 37 days of the year," Tsoukalas asserted. He added that nether ruling New Democracy firing an worker without origin became easier, without recourse to justice.

"I tin assertion that I dismissed him due to the fact that I americium exercising the close of a manager, and was not blessed with his work," helium added. Labor Minister Niki Kerameus does not springiness an worker the enactment of negotiation, and removes tools the worker could usage successful a corporate enactment agreement.

PASOK's spokesperson besides said that the 4-day week foreseen successful the government's labour measure "is not successful immoderate mode related to the 4-day week occurring successful Europe." He said that successful Greece, employees enactment 4 10-hour days, and that is not considered overtime.

The instrumentality permitting 10-hour days successful a 4-day week was introduced by erstwhile labour curate Kostis Hatzidakis successful 2021 pursuing a written petition by the employee. But nether a instrumentality introduced by erstwhile labour curate Adonis Georgiadis, it was the leader who requested it. "Even that they introduced successful 2021, they changed for the worse successful bid to facilitate arbitrary actions," Tsoukalas noted.