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Chaos is reigning in Greece in relation to the undeclared work, as shown by the checks carried out by labour inspectors. Whenever employees of the Labour Inspectorate and the Social Insurance Institute (IKA) appear in a tourist area of the country a wave of appointments is immediately apparent.

As stated by figures in the market, in the majority of cases the undeclared workers "jump out of the windows" to avoid being caught by the inspectors.

Panagiotis Prountzos, president of the Federation of Hospitality Workers, who is involved in some of the inspections of the Labour Inspectorate, told MEGA about cases of workers who had escaped by swimming to avoid being registered as uninsured.

The data of the "ERGANI" electronic system of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and the dates of the visits of inspectors in tourist areas of the country from mid-June to early August indicate a substantial increase in the number of appointments in the inspected areas at the time of the inspections.

Appointments by region:

1. On Santorini island the number of appointments during the inspections increased to 541 within 7 days compared to 55 or 77 on the other days.

2. On Salamina island 37 appointments were made during the inspections instead of redundancies (up to -47 jobs).

3. On Spetses island the inspections led to 64 appointments within 3 days.

4. On Mykonos island 305 appointments were made within 7 days compared to 27-42 during the days without inspections.

5. In Rethymno the 3-day inspections resulted in 198 appointments.

6. In Chania 261 appointments were announced within 4 days compared to 238 layoffs that were made within 1 day before the date of the inspection. 323 more appointments were made during the second inspection.

7. In Katerini 255 appointments were made within the 4 days of inspections compared to the redundancies reported during the previous days.

8. On Naxos island 295 appointments were announced in the period 8-12 July (the days of inspections) compared to the previous days when there was not a single appointment or 1-2 at the most.

9. On Zakynthos 190 appointments were made within 3 days compared to 39-47 before the inspections, 2-9 after the departure of inspectors and 299 more appointments during another inspection from 16 July to 22 July.

10. On Kerkyra island (Corfu) 314 appointments were made during the 2 days of inspections.

11. In Halkidiki the number of appointments reached 556 within 7 days of inspections compared to 80 layoffs and 42-45 appointments during the previous days.

12. In Rhodes the number of workers appointed during the inspections from 4 July to 11 July was 477 compared to 19-55 on the days before the inspections and 24-45 on the days after.

13. In Laconia 437 appointments were announced from 8 July to 15 July compared to 25-38 during the days before the inspections and 16 on the days after.

14. On Symi island the number of appointed workers was 21 compared to 1 or 3 on the days without inspections.

15. In the tourist village of Tolo in the Peloponnese, 46 appointments were registered within 4 days compared to 2 or 8 on the days without inspections.

16. On Kythira island 48 appointments were made during the inspections whereas their number was 1 or 3 on the days without inspections.  

17. On Tinos 117 appointments were made within 7 days of inspections compared to 2-13 during the other days.

18. In Ilia in the Peloponnese, 293 appointments were made during the inspections compared to 20 or 50 on the days without inspections.

19. In the coastal town of Amaliada in the Peloponnese, and on Kourouta beach in particular, the number of appointed workers reached 34 within 5 days.

20. On Kos island 146 people were appointed during the inspections compared to 29 on 23 July and 30 on 1 August.

21. On Kalymnos island the appointments made during the inspections were 28 compared to 0-7 during the other days.

22. On Samos island 37 people were appointed within 7 days compared to 1, 2 or 8 on the days before and after the inspections.

23. In the Achaia region of the Peloponnese, 114 people were appointed within 3 days compared to the 47-92 people dismissed during the previous days.