Heavy toll on salary workers

The twin health and financial crisis is having a dramatic impact on the labor market and the lives of workers who amid increasing uncertainty about their jobs also suffered a salary cut of as much as 20% in many cases.

The prospect of the gradual lifting of protection measures such as furloughs in the context of transition to labor normality appear to be of concern to the government and especially the Labor Ministry, as new Minister Kostis Hatzidakis noted on Tuesday in his first online conversation with representatives of the Greek Labor Confederation (GSEE).

Sources say Hatzidakis promised that no effort will be spared in the coming months so that this transition, after the gradual lifting of measures such as contract suspensions, will be as smooth as possible without any negative effects on employment. The European resources are expected to play a key role in this...