How and how do the employees expect the payment of the Easter gift in order to do the necessary shopping both for the Easter table and not only.
Thus, it is expected until Holy Wednesday (1/5), which is also the final payment date, that private sector workers will see the Easter gift in their bank account.
According to the current legislation, all employees employed in the private sector with a dependent work relationship of indefinite or definite time, full or part-time for any employer are entitled to an Easter gift which is half the monthly salary if the employee is paid a salary and fifteen daily wages if is paid a daily wage.
What happens in case of dismissal or resignation?
In the event that an employee’s employment relationship with his employer did not last the entire aforementioned period, either because he voluntarily left his job, or because he was fired, he is entitled to receive a proportion of the Gift which is calculated as follows:
In the case of a salaried employee, an amount equal to 1/15 of half the monthly salary or a daily salary depending on the agreed payment method, for every 8 (eight) calendar days. If someone works less than eight days, he is entitled to a corresponding fraction for an Easter gift.
If the employee fell ill during the above period, only the days for which he received sick pay from the insurance company will be deducted.
For example, if an employee was absent from work due to illness for 60 days and only received sickness benefit from his insurance fund for 40 days, only the 40 days for which he was subsidized and not the 60 will be deducted from the period of employment.
Deadline May 1st
The Easter gift is usually paid on Holy Wednesday (1 May), but employers can pay it earlier if they wish. The days during which the employee was absent from work without reason or due to unpaid leave are not counted. The period of absence of employees due to trade union activity (ie time on trade union leave) is not taken into account.
Regarding the strike, the judicial jurisprudence accepts that the days of the strike are not counted in the duration of the employment relationship because the abstention of the employee is due to his own will and therefore cannot be characterized as an excused absence. By analogy, the same applies to work stoppages, since they also constitute a strike in reality.
See HERE how the gift is calculated through the application of the General Confederation of Greek Workers.
Employees and unions can make relevant complaints, named or anonymous, through the complaints hotline 1555 or online, through
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