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03/08/2026

Greek youth unemployment jumps to 19.5% as headline rate falls

Greece's headline unemployment rate slipped to 8% in June 2026, one of the better single-month readings the country has posted in years. But underneath that improving average, one cohort moved sharply the other way: youth unemployment (under 25) ...

03/08/2026

5 min

Part-time in Greece: why 43% of new hires earn €472 a month

If you are job-hunting in Greece right now, the contract you are about to sign is more likely to be part-time than the official statistics suggest. Eurostat says just 6.2% of Greek workers are part-time. The country's own social security register ...

03/08/2026

4 min

86% of Greek workers cannot save despite economic growth

If you look at Greek headlines, the economy is doing well. If you look at your account balance at the end of the month, the picture is different. According to a June 2026 IOBE survey, 86% of Greek households cannot save anything. And per the ...

03/08/2026

4 min

Greece ends 106-year leave exemption for executives

A 106-year carve-out just ended. Under Greece's Law 5316/2026, managerial employees (διευθύνοντες υπάλληλοι) are now explicitly entitled to statutory paid annual leave and a leave allowance, closing a gap that had persisted in Greek labour law ...

29/07/2026

5 min

Greece's €950 minimum wage and what it means for your payslip

If you earn the minimum wage in Greece, or something close to it, the next eighteen months will change what shows up on your payslip. The government is preparing a path that lifts the minimum gross wage to €950, and possibly €1,000, by 2027, alon...

28/07/2026

5 min

Why 46.6% of Greek workers can't afford the country they sell

Greece sold more than 156 million overnight stays in 2025, and only a sliver of them belonged to the people who cleaned the rooms, poured the drinks, and drove the coaches. According to figures published by To Vima and drawn from ELSTAT, 83.8% of ...

27/07/2026

5 min

Greece bans outdoor work in 43°C heat during 13:00–17:00

On Wednesday 22 July 2026, Greece runs a live test of whether gig-platform delivery riders actually stop working when the state tells them to. From 13:00 to 17:00, outdoor manual work is banned across Attica, Thessaly, eastern Central Greece and ...

16/07/2026

3 min

Sixth Working Day: When the 40% Pay Premium Applies and What Employers Need to Know

The six-day working week continues to raise questions for both employees and HR teams, particularly around when it applies and how it should be compensated. The rule is often misunderstood as a general shift toward a six-day week across the ...

09/07/2026

3 min

Middle Manager Burnout in Greece

There's a type of professional exhaustion that rarely makes it into HR reports, even though it sits at the root of many retention problems. It's middle manager burnout - the exhaustion of the person who passes pressure down from above and absorbs ...

03/07/2026

2 min

Brain Drain: Who will do the work when educated youth leave and the workforce ages?

The exodus of talents (Brain Drain) has long ceased to be just a statistical concept or a topic for academic debate. For companies on the local market, it is a harsh economic reality hitting directly at the heart of human resource departments. ...

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