The conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to increase the working day even more in the country that works the most Europe.

Among the new reforms is the possibility of opting for two full time jobs with a limit of 13 hours a day, 5 more than the current 8. To this we must add that from five working days to six (in some sectors), which in total would increase the work week from 45 to 78 hours.

“It is a return to the 19th century. A kind of neoslavery in line with what far-right businessmen have been arguing” he assures Jorge Fonseca, economist at the Complutense University of Madrid.

The law also introduces contracts for new on-call employees, workers who will not have a fixed number of hours by contract. In addition, the employer may notify only 24 hours in advance when he wants to count on them.

The right to strike, the unions denounce, would also be diminished. The pickets They may face 6 months in prison and a 5,000-euro fine if they block the entry or exit of those who want to work, something that “parts from the neoliberal ideology that is trying to impose its new order,” says Fonseca.

And finally, one more controversial change: in their first contract, workers may be fired without compensation and without reason.