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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

AI is splitting Greece's workforce in two, PwC survey finds

If you use an AI tool at work every day, you may already feel more secure in your job than a colleague who rarely touches one. That gap is now measurable in Greece. PwC Greece’s Hopes and Fears 2026 survey of 801 workers points to a workforce m...

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

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 ...

24/08/2026

6 min

Greece's 47% youth wage jump: what it means for HR in 2026

If you are 22 and just signed a full-time contract in Athens, your paycheque this year looks 47% bigger than what a colleague your age took home in 2021. If you are 47 and doing the same job you have done for a decade, your net wages have grown ...

13/08/2026

5 min

Greece Digital Work Card: 1,695 violations in H1 2024

Greek labour inspectors identified 1,695 Digital Work Card violations in the first half of the year, generating 7.22 million euros in fines. The pilot expansion is currently rolling through hospitals, telecoms, logistics, cleaning and other ...

12/08/2026

5 min

Greek minimum wage rises stall as €1,000 target slips

If you earn between €801 and €1,500 gross a month in Greece’s private sector, you are part of the 61% of workers whose pay barely moved in 2025, even as the minimum wage kept climbing . That gap, between the floor and the middle, is now the defin...

12/08/2026

4 min

Greek households lost 3.6% of real income in Q1 2026

Greek households just posted the worst quarterly result in the OECD. Real per capita household disposable income fell 3.6% in Q1 2026, the sharpest decline among the 21 OECD member states with comparable data. Austria, the next-worst performer, ...

10/08/2026

5 min

Greece's €920 minimum wage masks a working-conditions crisis

Greece raised its gross statutory minimum wage to €920 per month in March 2026. On paper, that reads like progress. Look at the working week, the contract landscape and the vulnerability data behind that headline, and a different picture emerges: ...

10/08/2026

4 min

DYPA parental leave in Greece: up to €758/month, conditions apply

You have a child under eight, you want to take parental leave, and you have just found out that the Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA) pays a subsidy of up to €758 net per month for two months while you are away. Good news, until you read th...

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