Thousands of public sector workers, including teachers, doctors and transport staff, marched in Athens during a strike against planned labour law changes by the conservative government. The Parliament nevertheless approved the new labour law that allows companies to impose a sixth working day and vary employee schedules to adapt them to production needs. The reform allows workers to voluntarily have a second job of five hours a day alongside their main activity of eight hours a day. In addition, it establishes that companies can impose a sixth working day for which workers will receive an additional 40% of their daily salary.
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