Labor Inspectorate: Restaurants lead in fines with €4.5 million – 10% Increase in checks in the tourism sector

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The fig of inspections conducted this summertime by the Labor Inspectorate successful businesses wrong the tourism sector—including hotels, restaurants, transportation, and question agencies—was up 10% compared to past year.

Specifically, from June to August, 8,141 inspections were carried out, compared to 7,405 during the aforesaid play past year. A full of 1,652 fines were imposed, compared to 2,221 successful the summertime 4th of 2024, amounting to €6,366,105, down from €7,362,959 past year.

The bulk of inspections (5,313) were conducted successful the restaurant sector, which besides received the highest penalties: 1,137 fines totaling €4.55 million. This was followed by:

Hotels: 2,142 inspections, 284 administrative penalties totaling €1.5 million
Transportation: 529 inspections, 191 fines totaling €269,820
Travel services: 157 inspections, 40 penalties totaling €36,800

“We stay committed to our operational planning, aiming to people inspections successful sectors with higher levels of violations, making usage of our staff’s expertise and modern integer information investigation tools,” noted the caput of the Labor Inspectorate, Giorgos Tzilivakis.