An estimated 20,000 temporary employees have signed contracts with one of at least 13 temporary working agencies. They tend to be mostly employed in sectors such as food services, administration, call centres, sales and unskilled labour. This is a triangular labour relationship: companies hire workers which they then outsource to enterprises. The so-called ‘gig economy’ remains particularly limited in Greece, with the rate of ‘gig workers’ amounting to about 0.5% of all employees.
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