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Employees to get new protections as government announces ‘largest upgrade in workers’ rights for over 20 years’Ministers tighten laws to help workers in insecure employment, but unions say changes will not ‘shift balance of power’ enoughWorkers are to be given new protections as part of a major overhaul of workplace rights announced by the government.Dozens of changes will be made to employment rules in a move ministers heralded as the “largest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”.As part of the changes, agency workers will have to be paid the same as permanent staff, while all employees will be able to request a statement outlining their rights from their first day of work.New laws will be introduced to ensure workers in seasonal employment get the holiday pay they are entitled to, and companies that breach rules on employee rights will face tougher new penalties.
Blast smashes windows, wrecks offices at Greece's SKAI TV in 'attack on democracy'ATHENS (Reuters) - A powerful blast smashed windows and wrecked offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in Athens on Monday in what officials called an attack on democracy. No one was injured. SKAI is one of Greece’s biggest TV stations and part of a media group which includes a radio station and is affiliated with the leading daily newspaper, Kathimerini.
Greece’s Winter Destination Hotels to Reach Full Capacity, Experts Say
Greek revenue auditors given easier access to bank safety deposit boxes as of Jan. 1, continuing 'tax safari'The continuing "tax safari" unleashed in the country in 2016 - a year after the leftist-rightist Tsipras coalition government served up its own memorandum bailout - will allow tax inspectors easier access to prospective undeclared cash, precious metals, expensive jewelry and even valuable works of art hidden away from revenue services' view by taxpayers with major arrears to the state.
Greek tax bureau eyes 'Portuguese model' to track down undeclared income from Airbnb-type leasingsThe tax bureau, made "independent" after demands by creditors as entailed in three memorandums, will ostensibly exploit a "search robot" to scan such platforms, the best-known and most profitable being AirBnB.
Herd of Sheep Killed by Lightning Strike in CreteAbout 20 sheep were taking cover from the downpour in Omalos, Crete on Saturday, when they were killed by a lightning strike.According to the Meteo Weather Service of the National Observatory of Athens, more than 5,700 lightning strikes were recorded in Crete and the Aegean on Saturday.
Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know aboutIf the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world - behind China and the US.
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