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13/10/2026

Greece's pay transparency law starts November 2026: HR changes

From 1 November 2026, every private employer in Greece will have to show its pay structure. This applies to firms of every size. Law 5316/2026, which transposes EU Directive 2023/970 on pay transparency, takes effect in less than three weeks. A ...

13/10/2026

3 min

DYPA's 58th Career Day: 3,500+ jobs and 140+ employers in Athens

Picture spending a single Saturday walking between employer tables and having three or four job interviews before evening, with no emails to chase first. That is what happened in Athens on Saturday 10 October, when more than 140 businesses ...

05/10/2026

3 min

Greece: record corporate profits, lowest wages in the EU

Greek companies have never been more profitable relative to their European peers. Greek workers, meanwhile, are among the lowest paid in the European Union. Both statements are true at the same time, and the distance between them is shaping how ...

28/09/2026

4 min

Greece's 400-euro pension top-up reaches 2.2 million recipients

On 30 November 2026, roughly 2.2 million Greek pensioners, people with disabilities and uninsured elderly will receive a one-off 400-euro payment. It sounds like a straightforward top-up. Read the fine print and it becomes something more ...

28/09/2026

5 min

Greek industry warns of layoffs unless Athens acts on EU tools

More than 700 energy-intensive Greek manufacturers are warning of possible layoffs and closures unless Athens activates two EU crisis-support tools within weeks. The signal, sent this week by sixteen industry bodies, lands as small hospitality ...

22/09/2026

6 min

Greece minimum wage 2027: what the €960 floor really costs employers

Greece's minimum wage rises to €960 gross on 1 April 2027, with a government target of €1,000 by January 2028. The headline reads as a win for 576,000 private-sector workers on the floor. For HR leaders running payroll models, workforce plans , ...

16/09/2026

5 min

DYPA 2026 seasonal allowance: what Greek tourism, construction and arts workers need to know

If you worked a summer season in a hotel, a taverna, on a building site or backstage in a theatre, the winter allowance from DYPA is probably already on your radar. This year the money is the same shape as before, between 719 and 1,438 euros ...

08/09/2026

6 min

Greece's two-speed wages meet the new 5% pay-transparency rule

Greece now runs on two parallel wage economies. On one track, roughly 900,000 full-time private-sector workers in firms with more than 10 employees are paid an average of €1,572.59 a month. On the other, about 250,000 salaried executives, tech sp...

08/09/2026

6 min

Why Greek employers offer meal vouchers instead of a pay rise

Your manager sits you down and says the good news: a €100 raise on your gross salary. You do the mental maths on the way home. New car service, maybe a weekend away. Then payday arrives and the extra is €55.44. The rest went to the state before i...

25/08/2026

4 min

Greek women make up 69% of the jobless register in July 2026

Greece's July 2026 unemployment registry tells a story the tourism-season headlines miss. Of 715,328 people signed on with DYPA, women account for 495,322, roughly 69% of the total. More than half the register (51.9%) has been on the books for ...

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