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OECD Report Reveals Greeks to be EU's Hardest Workers

New data on working hours from the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has blown away the stereotype of 'lazy' Greeks basking in the sun, sipping frappe. An OECD study covering 36 countries reveals that Greeks work 2,035 hours per year,...

Greek Workers Looking for Job Opportunities in UK

After the financial crisis hit Greece, the unemployment rates hit the roof and numerous workers fled the country in order to escape the suffocating situation. Most of them started looking for job opportunities outside the country, and especially in...

Undeclared Work in Greece Reaches 13.22%

As part of the “ARTEMIS” business plan, Greek companies were audited between September 2013 and February 2015 in order to determine how many Greeks were doing undeclared work. As it turns out, 13.22% of the audited companies were employing...

European Commission Proposes Program to Fund Greek Media

The European Commission has proposed a new program that will help 1,633 media employees in Greece relaunch their career through the European Adjustment Fund. The Greek employees used to work in publishing, programming and broadcasting but they were made...

Australian Nursing Homes Hiring Nurses From Greece

Fronditha Care, an organization established to provide care services for the Greek-Australian elderly in Melbourne and Newcastle, has organized a special workshop in Athens in search of Greek employees. The recent Labour Agreement with the Australian Immigration Department for employment of...

Two Out of Three Greeks Commits Tax Evasion

Even in the current climate of economic reform overtaking Athens, tax evasion rates remain startlingly high in Greece, with an estimated one in four economic transactions going unrecorded. In fact, a recent report conducted by Stephen Hall, an adviser to...

Manitoba Region Seeks Specialized Greek Employees

Manitoba is the first region in Canada seeking young migrants from South Europe, which is suffering from unemployment. Temporary and permanent employees from the labor market of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are those wanted to work in Manitoba. This...

Greek-Australians Make the Best Cricket Balls

The best cricket team in Australia doesn't play the game but provides its most essential piece of equipment: the ball. Greek and Greek Cypriot employees of the Kookaburra Company, a manufacturing cricket ball factory provide the balls to all...