What's a Greek urn? Not enough.

Greeks have longer working weeks than many of their European peers, with one in four working more than 10 hours per day, according to a study made public yesterday.

The study, put together by researchers Eurofound, found that Greeks work an average of 45.4 hours per week versus a European Union average of 38.4 hours.

Based on trends in the labor market, working hours in the 27-nation bloc have been decreasing in the last 15 years – but not in Greece.

Nearly 26 percent of Greeks work at least 10 hours per day more than five times a month, the study shows, versus 16.9 percent of people in the EU as a whole.

According to national law, employees work a 40-hour workweek.

Low pay scales and a growing amount of part-time work are forcing many people to seek more than one form of employment to make ends meet in a development that has upped total work hours.
eKathimerini