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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Urooba Jamal

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Why is greece introducing a six day working week - You Need To See This

A woman holds a banner and a sign, while taking part in a protest during a 24-hour strike over high prices and low wages in Athens, Greece [File: Costas Baltas/Reuters]

While some countries in the world are considering a switch to a four-day working week, Greece is swinging in the opposite direction.

Its government is implementing a new six-day work schedule which falls under an employment law titled Law 5053/2023. The law is voluntary for companies to adopt, and the idea is to kick-start the economy in a country that is still emerging from the wreckage of Europe’s worst financial crisis in decades.

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