Pen pushers out: The government v civil servants

GREECE is being dragged kicking and screaming into confronting one of its biggest obstacles to reform: an almost unsackable civil service. Civil servants’ working week has already been increased from 37.5 to 40 hours, a way of reducing overtime payments. A unified salary scale is about to be introduced, smoothing out differences between ministries and slashing allowances. (It was supposed to have been brought in 13 months ago.) And, at last, jobs are going.






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The Economist