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Unemployment
2.4.Unemployment The unemployed are defined as persons without work, who are capable of work and are seeking dependent employment who are registered with the Greek employment office. Included in the unemployment statistics are:
- unemployed persons seeking full-time employment;
- unemployed persons seeking part-time employment;
- unemployed persons seeking permanent employment;
- unemployed persons seeking temporary employment (there is no minimum duration laid down);
- first-time jobseekers, e.g. young persons who are registered at the employment office;
- persons returning to work after a period without employment (e.g. housewives) and who are registered at the employment office.
Not included in the statistics are:
- young persons seeking an industrial training placement through the employment office;
- students/school-goers seeking temporary work (vacation work);
- old-age pensioners;
- unemployed persons who are participating in public job-creation schemes.
The minimum age for inclusion in the statistics is 15. There is no maximum age limit.
Employable disabled persons and persons in receipt of pensions other than retirement pensions may be included in the unemployment statistics.
Responsibility for loss of the last job does not prevent applicants from being included in the unemployment figures.
Persons who are temporarily unfit for work are not taken off the register.
Unjustified (subjective) refusal of an offer of employment leads to removal from the unemployment register.
A monthly check is made on continued unemployment.
Persons participating in publicly funded further training/retraining schemes are taken off the unemployment register.
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