Labor, pension overhauls eyed

The new year is expected to bring a slew of structural changes to labor relations and the social security system in Greece.

Starting in the first few months of 2021, the government intends to implement significant interventions both in the structure of the local labor market - introducing more flexibility to the hours and location of labor - and in the social security system, with the capitalization of auxiliary pensions.

These interventions are emblematic for the government, bringing significant changes to the operation of an injured market (due to the pandemic) and a pension system still mired in a plethora of problems.

They are also expected to trigger significant reactions, as on both fronts the parties of the opposition and unions are accusing the government of unilateral interventions in the core of unionist action and free collective negotiations, as...