Overtime

Athens and Piraeus state hospital doctors will hold a four-hour work stoppage on Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to protest against their "extensive unpaid work". Their union (EINAP) said on Tuesday that past payments due by the state will start being paid by April 27 the latest.

A million private sector workers get paid five months late, whereas a million private sector workers (45%) get wages beneath 751 euros per month. Ta Nea newspaper's study shows that in 2012 only 17% of the workforce received wages under this amount. 1,400 work contracts signed in 2012 were reduced from 10-40%.

How much do they work?

OECD Chart: Hours worked, Total, Hours/worker, Annual, 2013 - 2013

Nearly 1 million people in Bulgaria at 3516 enterprises worked 14.5 million hours of overtime in 2014, according to statistics of the General Labor Inspectorate Executive Agency.

The largest amount of overtime exceeding the statutory 40 hours per week or eight hours per day norm was reported by medical workers.

A total of 123 million euros has been set aside to pay overtime for police officers and civilians working at the Public Order Ministry during Sunday’s elections, the government said on Wednesday.
Police officers will receive the overtime pay on February 1... ...

Most journalists of the 890 journalists working for 57 media outlets in Montenegro earn less than the national average, according to new research published by the country's Media Trade Union.

Doctors at public hospitals will be hired at the same rate as departures and medical staff will not have to work longer hours than the law stipulates, according to legislation being drawn up by the Health Ministry.

A set of changes to Bulgaria's Interior Ministry Act passed second reading in Parliament.

The bill was submitted by the Council of Ministers and it took a period of over six months to be conclusively approved.

During the second-reading procedure, center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) said it would expect the President to veto the bill.