Greece's creditors insist on six-day working week

Greece's European lenders have demanded the government in Athens enforces a six-day working week in order to meet the terms of the country's second bailout.

A leaked letter from Greece's creditors, the European Central Bank, the European Commission and International Monetary Fund, had details of the demand, insisting on radical labour reforms, reports the Guardian. The officials enforcing Greece's compliance with the austerity package have insisted on minimum wages to overtime limits to flexible working hours in exchange for a bailout. The measures are likely to worsen relations between the government and organised labour in Greece. The letter, sent last week to the Greek finance and labour ministries, orders the government to extend the ...