Wage Employment Balance Flow Positive in Jan-Aug
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
The Greek wage employment balance flow remained positive in the January-August period despite a negative balance in August, the Ergani IT system said in a report on Tuesday. In the first eight months of 2018, the balance showed 281,813 new job positions, the highest performance since 2001. New hirings totaled 1,786,045, while dismissals/retirements totaled 1,504,232 in the eight-month period. In August the balance was negative with a loss of 7,748 job positions as hirings totaled 187,160 and dismissals 194,908.