All private sector workers in the Greek territory are entitled to the Easter gift, as well as the Christmas gift, according to the National General Social Security Act.
The provisions of the institutional framework for holiday gifts are of public order, with the consequence that any express or implied agreement to the contrary is not allowed and is invalid, as well as the employee’s waiver of the claim for their payment.
Therefore, in accordance with the current legislation, all employees employed in the private sector with an open-ended or fixed-term, full-time or part-time employment relationship with any employer are entitled to an Easter gift.
It’s about half monthly salary if he is paid a salary and 15 days wages if paid with wage.
However, in case the employment relationship of an employee by employer did not last the entire aforementioned period, either because he voluntarily left his job, or because he was dismissed, he is entitled to receive Gift ratio which is calculated as follows:
In order to paid with salary, 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. In case someone works less than eight days entitled to a corresponding fraction for Easter gift.
If the employee got sick during the above period of time, only the days he received sick pay from the insurance company will be deducted.
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.
Never the Easter Gift is paid
The Easter gift usually paid on Holy Wednesdaythat is, this year May 1stbut employers can pay it earlier if they wish.
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Times that don’t count
- 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 (i.e. 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.
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