Labour market

13/10/2026

Greek island jobs pay 47–91% more than cities: what it covers

Say you work as an office clerk, driver or electrician in Athens or Thessaloniki, and a job ad on Naxos or Corfu offers noticeably more money. Is it worth packing up? A new analysis of Greek job ads suggests the gap is real and large. It also ...

13/10/2026

3 min

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

28/09/2026

4 min

Greece's €920 minimum wage lifts pay even as growth cools

If your payslip looked a little different from April, you are not imagining it. Greece's minimum wage moved from €880 to €920 on 1 April 2026, a 4.55% bump that lifted the statutory floor by €40 a month. What is less obvious, and more intere...

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