In May – and earlier than ever – targeted intensive inspections in areas of high tourist intensity begin this year by the Labor Inspection Body (SEPE), in view of the start of the tourist season.
The audits will be carried out by the Service of Special Labor Inspectors by utilizing the quantitative and qualitative data of PS ERGANI and independently of the regular audits carried out by the locally competent regional services of SEPE. They will focus on companies operating in the following areas:
1. Coastal tourist areas of the Attica Region
2. Islands of the South Aegean, especially Cyclades and Dodecanese (Milos, Sifnos, Serifos, Ios, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Syros, Tinos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Kos, Patmos, Leros).
3. Crete (Regional Units of Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Lassithi).
4. Ionian Islands (Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Corfu).
5. Coastal tourist areas of Peloponnese, Epirus, Thessaly, Central Macedonia (Halkidiki, Pieria) and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
The purpose of the controls is to ensure compliance with labor law, in particular as regards undeclared and declared work, compliance with working time limits, issues of pay, leave and other work benefits as well as issues of health and safety at work.
The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, stated: “Healthy entrepreneurship and exploitation of employees do not go hand in hand. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs through SEPE gives emphasis and priority to the audits of tourism companies and especially where there are complaints of unfair practices. Our tourism is a dynamic industry with great added value to our economy. “For this reason, respect for the rights of workers in the tourism sector is even more important.”
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