With a speech of all the material, the Minister of Labor, Ceramic Victoryhe defended the labor bill from the House of Representatives, responding to opposition criticism with specific evidence and announcing significant improvements.
“This bill has been dictated by the special momentum developed by the labor market,” he said, announcing that the final text will be incorporated in the final text. over 60 additions and improvements, after consultation with bodies and parties.
Reply to ‘Middle Ages’ with numbers
Rejecting the opposition accusations of “Middle Ages”, Mrs Kerameos presented a series of comparative data between 2019 and today:
- Unemployment: Dropped from 18% to 8% in 2025.
- Minimum wage: Increased from 650 € to 880€with a commitment of 950 € at the end of four years.
- New jobs: Were created over 500,000 new positionswith a record of 317,000 only in the last 8 months.
- Full time: Increased from 69% to over 76%.
In addition, she reported her success Work cardthanks to which they were recorded and paid 1.8 million longer hours of overtime In the first 8 months of 2025 compared to last year.
’13 -hour is not mandatory’
For the most controversial article, the Minister accused the opposition of “misleads society“, Clarifying that 13 -hour employment is not mandatory. As he pointed out, strict conditions will apply to it:
- Employee’s consent is required.
- Denial cannot lead to dismissal.
- The 11 hours of rest must be observed.
- Cannot exceed 37 days a year.
‘Employees themselves ask for more hours’
Mrs Kerameos also answered the question “Who are asking to work above”, depositing the minutes Collective contracts from hotels In Crete and Rhodes, where, as he said, the workers themselves ask to work 6 or 7 days a week.
Finally, he reversed reports of increased accidents, citing Eurostat data that rank Greece in the third best position in the EU with the least work accidents.