Overview

• The conservative government's bill would allow an employee to work up to 13 hours in a day for a single employer on a voluntary basis for up to 37 days a year with about 40% extra pay.
• Public transport operated on limited hours as roughly 13,000 people rallied in Athens and Thessaloniki, according to police.
• The GSEE union warns many workers will be unable to refuse extended shifts due to an unequal power balance and labor-market precarity.
• Labor Minister Niki Kerameus argues the measure strengthens employee rights and facilitates company operations, calling the '13-hour day' label misleading.
• Only Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy is expected to back the bill in Wednesday’s parliamentary vote, with other parties opposed.