Greek crisis sees bosses ‘march workers to cash machines to GIVE BACK their wages’
GREEK workers are being marched to cash machines to give their bosses back up to a third of their wages each month, a union has claimed.
By KATIE MANSFIELD
Express.co.uk
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
It is thought thousands of Greek employees are being forced to hand over part of their pay to employers who were hit hard during the government’s crackdown on tax evasion.
Greece has ordered all salaries to be paid by bank transfer to stamp out tax evasion, which is said to cost the country €16billion a year, and unpaid labour practices.
But the country’s largest trade union, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), says desperate companies have been clawing back cash from workers after paying their wages each month.
The union said bosses are using “mafia-style tactics” with private security guards escorting workers to cashpoints to withdraw up to a third of their monthly minimum pay of €600.
Dimitris Kalogeropoulos, secretary of the GSEE, told The Times: “It’s part of a dodgy, under-the-table transaction that employees have agreed to for the sake of securing a job.
“We have had hundreds of complaints, from across the country. They are increasing at an exponential rate.”
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