“The law gives the employee the right to refuse if he is asked to work 13 hours, but in practice things are different.”
“The ND government is investing with the bill in a low productivity model, tire labor relations and cheap employment,” the Kostas Tsoukalas Speaking to ANT1 about the new labor bill.
“When 8 plus 5 hours has been introduced to two employers, what is the logic? That if I am a worker and I want to increase my income, I will freely be able to move forward by training another contract. Indeed, the law gives the employee the right to refuse if he is asked to work 13 hours, but in practice we know that things are different, “said PASOK’s spokesman. “What is happening, then, is the further elasticization of work, reduction of overtime costs and flexibility in rotating employment,” he said. He added that the government also brought to the table the Law 4808/2021, which said that “in order to work with a ten -hour period, an employee will have to ask for it at his request” and that “now with the change that has been made must simply consent to the employer”. “They all realize that it is not easy for the employee to refuse the employer’s request. What purpose does this change serve? “He asked. He argued that “the new bill creates new coercion beyond free will in the direction of elasticizing labor relations. And, as much as the dismissal of any employee is unsafe, all of the above cannot be controlled, even if there is intention. “
In terms of the case of OPECEPE Mr Tsoukalas accused the ND government of “tolerate it and seems to have done everything he could to avoid the truth. Indeed, whenever a commander was going to solve the Gordian bond and to resolve the organization, he was expelled and his successors did just the opposite. ” He recalled that PASOK’s first complaint came with a question to Parliament in 2020, and then “in 2023 our President, Nikos Androulakis, asked a timely question. The opposition has been shouting for five years. “
“Mr Varras, as he says – we will see if the truth is – was persecuted by Mr. Voridis because he went to Call OPEKEPE and then went to Maximus Mansion. Mr Varras and Mr Mitsotakis have not found five minutes to talk about the issue? “He asked. He emphasized that “all this was a mechanism for the breakdown of European resources, rusks and voting, and should be checked whether the executives involved in the mechanism also had financial rewards for the services they made outside the law.” “It is not only here that some have encountered money based on untrue data but also that some were financially damaged,” he said.
He noted that “other fines are currently pending, for 2023-2025” and that “if another farmers’ subsidy is reduced by 2026 and the next three years, many law-abiding young farmers are at risk of bankruptcy due to the reduction of aid. And consequently the prices of the products may also rise due to the change in the supplies mixture by wholesalers. “