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The normal retirement age varies across the globe, but is 62 or younger in these nine countries, including Greece and Indonesia.
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The Greek government said the new policy provides the option of working extra as "an exceptional measure," and doesn't establish a 6-day working week.
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Helicopter companies globally are increasingly offering flights for people willing to pay a premium to slash time spent traveling.
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Some countries are finding that shorter work weeks result in more prosperity—perhaps with an eye on statistics that show workers tend to run out of steam after a few hours each day anyway. Greece, though, has other plans: it is instituting a six-da...
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The move to a six-day workweek for some industries in Greece aims to increase productivity, but it could do the opposite.
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Workers will receive 40% more pay for extra hours and 115% more for holiday work.
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The developers of Ellinikon call it Europe's largest urban regeneration project. Some fear it will become a mini-Dubai on the Aegean Sea.