Six-day work: Premiere from at present – 2024-07-03 05:39:33

At present, July 1st, the six-day work with a 40% elevated each day wage is premiering. The six-day work may also be accompanied by the digital work card.

The employer will be capable to unilaterally impose a six-day work week. The six-day work regime – in accordance with regulation 5053/23 – considerations constantly working companies that apply a five-day weekly work system. It won’t concern DEKO, public sector and banks, whereas tourism and catering are excluded from the regulation.

Staff will likely be paid further for the sixth day with 40% of the each day wage and 115% if it’s a vacation, whereas they are going to be entitled to a further break day throughout the coming week.

The employment of staff in the course of the extra day could not exceed eight hours, whereas additional time and additional time work by the worker is just not permitted.

The circumstances

For the applying of the six-day interval, the next circumstances should be met:

• To have declared initially and responsibly to PS ERGANI II that they belong to the particular class of companies. To declare, each time they want to make use of the sixth day, upfront and in any case earlier than the staff take up their duties, to PS ERGANI II that the enterprise or holding presents a very elevated workload throughout a selected interval. The particular situation of unpredictably elevated workload is topic to manage by the competent division of the Labor Inspectorate.
• The employment of staff, in the course of the extra day, could not exceed eight hours. Throughout this present day, additional time and additional time work by the worker is just not allowed.

Within the occasion that the employment coincides with a Sunday or vacation, the worker will obtain a further 40% and a 75% surcharge, i.e. a complete extra 115%. Employment on the sixth day throughout the identical week doesn’t grant a weekly relaxation day (break day), except it coincides with an exempt day.

In circumstances the place companies or holdings have five-day night time shifts (00.00-06.00), for no motive is it allowed to make use of them on the sixth day in the course of the night time shift.