unemployment

According to a study on employment, the rate of unemployment in Greece during the final trimester in 2013 increased to 27.5%. In detail, during the final...

The unemployment office OAED published detailed data regarding the support provided to the unemployed, highlighting the difficulties in supporting them...

According to the Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT, the rate of unemployment in Greece during December 2013 was 27.5%, compared to 26.3% in December 2012 ...

According to Eurostat’s latest published data, the rate of unemployment in Greece reached 28% in November 2013. The European statistics authority remarked that ...

Unemployment officer OAED has announced a new subsidy program for the recruitment of 10,000 unemployed people, which is set to be implemented in the near future. According to a report by Ta Nea, 5,680 of the recruitments will take place in businesses based in Crete, the Ionian Islands, the North Aegean, East Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, […]

Based on the findings of a study conducted by Metron Analysis, about three out of four unemployed are unable to find a job two and a half years after dismissal, while 72% would accept a lower-paying job. The study shows that unemployment mostly affects the self employed and employees, with the majority seeking employment in […]

The Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT has released its latest data regarding employment and found that the rate of unemployment in November 2013 grew to 28% since November 2012 when it was estimated to be 26.3% and October 2013, when it was estimated to be 27.7%, ELSTAT’s published data also showed that in November 2013 there […]

The European statistics authority Eurostat has announced that according to its latest set of divs, the rate of unemployment in Greece during October 2013 climbed to 27.8% from the 27.7% rate in September. Overall the rate of unemployment in the Eurozone between October and December 2013 remained stable at 12%, while the rate of unemployment […]

The opposition MP Alexis Mitropoulos criticized the government’s ambitious plans for employment and claimed that the programs essentially constitute “work servitude”. Mr. Mitropoulos argued that “based on the implementation of the measure so far, those who find employment in the government’s five-month ‘social work’ programs, will receive a puny monthly wage with great delay and […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced the government’s ambitious plans to invest 1.5 billion euros is various programs intended to tackle the unemployment problem in Greece, by creating 440,000 job opportunities in the next two years. Mr. Samaras asserted that halting the rate of unemployment after six years of recession was the first step in […]

The Ministry of Labor has decided to make the unemployment benefit available to greater number of freelance professionals and employees who have made arrangements for their insurance contribution debts. The Labor Minister Yannis Vroutsis explained in his announcement that the freelance professional sector had been especially vulnerable to the crisis and lacked any real social […]