Economic

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

Greek wages up 30% since 2019, but your sector decides if you felt it

If you work in a Greek hotel kitchen or behind a café counter, you may have heard that wages in Greece are rising fast. On average, they are. The average monthly private-sector wage reached €1,336 in 2025, up 30.3% on 2019, according to figures f...

06/10/2026

3 min

Sick leave in Greece: can you be dismissed and who pays

You wake up with a fever, call in sick, and spend a week recovering. Many people assume their job is safe while they’re officially unwell. In Greece, that assumption is only partly right. Being on sick leave does not, on its own, shield you from ...

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

EU Pay Transparency Directive: what workers can ask for now

You applied for a role, got the offer, and the number looked reasonable. But when you asked how it was calculated, the recruiter went quiet. Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive, that silence is meant to end. The deadline for member states to ...

22/09/2026

4 min

Greek wages down 22.3% as heating costs surge 60%

Greek workers are the only workforce in the EU whose real wages have gone backwards over the last fifteen years. Eurostat figures put the decline at 22.3% between 2010 and 2025, against an EU-wide median real income rise of 25.4% over the same ...

22/09/2026

6 min

Greece's €1.4bn food and beverage capex wave: 162,000 workers

Greece's food and beverage industrialists are pouring €1.4 billion into new plants, automated lines and export capacity, according to reporting by Efimerida ton Syntakton. The sector already employs more than 162,000 people and accounts for 15% o...

16/09/2026

4 min

Greece's e-EFKA to recalculate 37,000 pensions, avg €3,000 back

Roughly 37,000 Greek pensioners are about to see their monthly payments recalculated, and many will collect retroactive sums that average around €3,000, with some cases crossing €7,000. The e-EFKA is preparing a fresh payment list to clear a back...

16/09/2026

4 min

Greece's summer 2026 hiring: 632k jobs and what ERGANI shows

Greece's summer 2026 hiring numbers look enormous on paper: 632,537 people were hired in June and July. But 642,244 were let go in the same window, according to the ERGANI information system. The net figure is quietly negative, and the group ...

1-10 from 29 results

How is your experience with your employer?

Add review

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Read articles of interest from wherewework.gr contributors