Greece

New and Updated

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to reflect that new legislation to simplify processes and improve flexibility came into effect on 17 October 2025. 

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to include new information on the hiring process using the ERGANI II system.

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Pay and benefits

  Updated to include new information on exemptions from social security contributions.

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Health and safety

  Updated to include new duties on employers when engaging protection and prevention services, and the appointment of health and safety coordinators.

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Employee rights

  Updated to include information on the new deadline for providing a list of employees’ working time schedules, the maximum daily working hours, flexible working time arrangements, and annual leave. 

• Type:

  International

  Global minimum wage rates comparative table

  Updated to reflect the change to the minimum wage rate in Guernsey, and changes to provincial/territorial rates in Canada, prefecture rates in Japan and cantonal rates in Switzerland. 

• Type:

  International

  Global retirement and pensionable age comparative table

  Enhanced to include new information on the retirement or pensionable age in Denmark, Indonesia and Portugal. 

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Contracts of employment

  Updated to include new information on contracts of dependent employment and the written statement of terms of employment.

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Termination of employment

  Updated to reflect the harmonisation of rules around notice periods and severance pay for blue- and white-collar workers and the introduction of garden leave.

• Type:

  International

  Greece: Training and development

  Updated to reflect the current rate of the employer's contribution to the state fund for employment and vocational training.