Greece Ditches Vacation Perk ... for Using Computers

Over the years, as computers got a wee bit more common, pretty much every civil servant came to enjoy the perk. No more, alas, reports the Wall Street Journal. The cash-strapped government has decided to scrap the so-called computer leave.

 "It belongs to another era," says a government official. "Today, in the era of crisis, we cannot maintain anachronistic privileges." 

The unions vow to fight the matter in court, but the tide seems to be moving against them. Already, workers have lost a bonus they once received just for showing up to work on time, notes Reuters. And unmarried daughters can no longer collect their deceased fathers' pensions. | Newser #end.