Domestic worker

The National Health System (ESY) suffers from serious staff shortages but it is not just the lack of decent salaries, but also the working conditions that are putting off doctors and nurses from working for public healthcare services.

The list of transferable workers from third countries who will be able to come to Greece within 2023 and 2024 in order to fill some of the vacancies identified in the domestic labor market ranges from unskilled agriculture and construction workers, to butchers and workers in dairy production.

One thing is clear about the COVID-19 pandemic, as stock markets tumble, schools and universities close, people stockpile supplies and home becomes a different and crowded space: this is not just a health issue.

The Government on 9th of January adopted amendments to the Ordinance on the Salaries of Civil Servants. The change is based on the "pay according to performance" principle: each civil servant will receive remuneration in line with the results achieved, reports BNT. 

The salaries of civil servants will be increased by 10% since January this year.

A quarter of employed people in Greece describe themselves as sales assistants, farmers or office workers. Civil servants, retail commerce staff (excluding sales assistants) and social service workers also comprise a quarter of the total number of poeple employed, a new report shows.

Contract workers employed at municipalities across Attica brave the wet weather to stage a demonstration outside the Interior Ministry in Athens, on Thursday. Their labor union, OTA, declared a work stoppage Thursday demanding the permanent hiring of contract workers by local authorities and the immediate recruitment of more staff to plug gaps in services.

Qatar's ruler has introduced a law giving broad protection to tens of thousands of foreigners working as maids, cooks, cleaners and nannies, addressing some concerns long highlighted by human rights groups.

The government and unions have come to an agreement over a salary rise offer for millions of civil servants and retired civil servants in Turkey, covering 2018 and 2019.

Civil servants will be allowed to return to and work in their place of origin as part of the government's voluntary mobility scheme devised to enable the voluntary transfer of public sector workers to departments suffering from staff shortages.

Representatives of the tourism industry and foreign investors are worried that the new law that limits work permits for foreigners will cause serious problems for their businesses and for the coming tourist season.

They say that imposing limits on the free movement of labour will negatively affect the already problematic economy in the country.