It appears that the economic struggle is yet not over for some countries.
In one such development, the struggling Greek economy has taken a decision starting from July 1st, its employers will be able to ask workers in specific industries to add an extra day’s labor each week.
How Did This Happen?
This decision seems to be in absolute contrast with the current trend where everyone is admiring and planning to adopt the current trend for the 4-day workweek.
The 4-day workweek has continued to grow at a huge pace, with many companies (outside of Greece) adopting the practice.
Contrary to this a few countries have considered the 6-day workweek in the past, including Russia.
But, Greece has gone ahead and became the one of the few to actually go ahead with the implementation with it in recent years.
It would be a huge surprise for the Greek workers as they may find that their working week has been extended by an extra day at the start of July.
Getting Tough
This move permits the bosses to ask employees to work longer under new labor laws.
This is not easy as it is going to be a tough break for the long suffering Greek workforce, who already work the longest amount of hours in Europe.
They have already recorded an average of 39.8 hours of work in a week which is much ahead of Romania and Poland.
In contrast to this, the Netherlands boasts the shortest European workweek, at just 32.2 hours.
Compared to others, some industries will have more impact with this change.
For instance, the people who work in the industrial, agricultural and service sectors will face the worst impact with this change.
When it comes to wages, those who are expected to work a sixth day will receive a supplement of 40% of their daily wage.
Not The First Time
Considering this, we can say the introduction of the six day week in Greece is unfortunate.
This should be considered an outlier as several other countries across the globe are considering the idea of the 4-day workweek.
Their decision is spurred on by efficiency and the rise of AI elevating workloads.
So, it’s unlikely that every other country will follow suit.
Besides this, there is one other country that recently looked to introduce a 6-day workweek, however.
Earlier, Russia had proposed extending the work week, in order to boost the nation’s economy last year.
