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Practical notes on the weekly shift schedule: rules, rest between shifts, borrowing staff and payroll.
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Shift scheduling for businesses with several stores: the guide
What a weekly shift schedule in Greece must respect: rest, days off, overtime, the digital work card, ERGANI II and payroll, in one guide.
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11 hours’ rest in the shift schedule: where it slips, and how to keep it
Where the 11-hour rest between two shifts breaks in practice (closing then opening, Sunday to Monday, another store) and how Postorunner checks it.
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A shift schedule in Excel: when it stops being enough
A spreadsheet is a good tool for one store. Five signs your shift schedule now needs an app, and what to ask of one.
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Breaks during a shift in Greece: 15 to 30 minutes after 4 hours
How long a break an employee is entitled to, after how many hours, why it can’t come at the start or end of a shift, and how it fits into a store’s schedule.
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Changing a shift in ERGANI II: when the change must be declared
When a shift change must be declared in Greece’s ERGANI II, what applies with the digital work card and the retrospective system, and how no change gets lost.
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Extra hours, overtime and the 13-hour day in Greece after Law 5239/2025
When an hour is extra work and when it is overtime, the premiums, the daily and annual limits, and the 13-hour day with one employer, as they stand today.
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Greek labour law and shifts: what changed from 2021 to 2026
A timeline of the changes that touch the shift schedule in Greece: Law 4808/2021, the digital work card, Law 5053/2023, the Labour Code and Law 5239/2025.
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How to build the weekly shift schedule for several stores, step by step
Seven steps to the weekly shift schedule across several stores: needs, constraints, rules, gaps, lending staff, validation and payroll.
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Lending staff between stores: how to fill an empty shift
When nobody in the store can take a shift, another store can. How to lend staff without breaking the rest rule, the contract or the schedule.
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The digital work card and your shift schedule: what has to match
Greece’s digital work card compares every punch with the hours in ERGANI II. What has to match, what Law 5239/2025 changed, and which sectors join in 2026.
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Weekly rest, days off and the sixth day: five- and six-day weeks in Greece
How much consecutive rest every week needs, why one day off isn’t always enough, and when a sixth day is allowed on a five-day week, at +40%.
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ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ and ΩΡΟΜΕΤΡΗΣΗ: what payroll needs from the shift schedule
The two files Greek payroll expects from the shift schedule: what each one says, how days off, leave, loans and changes are marked, and where mistakes happen.