Overview

• Ferries, trains, and taxis were halted for 24 hours as buses and metro services ran limited schedules, with schools, hospitals, courts, and municipal services also disrupted.
• The proposal would permit up to 13-hour days for the same employer in exceptional cases for as many as 37 days a year with a 40% overtime premium, within a 48-hour weekly cap and 150 annual overtime hours.
• Major unions GSEE, ADEDY, and PAME led rallies nationwide, warning of health and safety risks and urging a 37½-hour week and the restoration of collective bargaining.
• The government argues the change expands worker choice and earnings, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis citing low wages and the prevalence of multiple jobs.
• Parliament’s press service says discussion of the bill is not on the legislative calendar, and labor experts caution the plan could depress job satisfaction and productivity.