Greece
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Sanctions against a private company for the dismissal of a HIV positive employee
Discrimination in the field of access to medical services
Discrimination in public sector recruitments on grounds of (national) origin
A discriminatory practice of dismissal of an employee who suffered from multiple sclerosis
Repeal of the fiscal law provision obliging the spouses to submit a joint income tax return
Recognition of non-paid parental leave as working time
Access of public employees to programmes of post graduate education
Exclusion of female cleaners from the possibility to be transferred to another branch of a private bank resulted in the termination of their employment contract
Discriminatory treatment against a person by reason of his/ her origin on behalf of the Greek Manpower Organisation for Employment
Access to the profession of doctor in the National Health System without discriminatory treatment on ground of age
The fiscal legislation provides that the spouses are obliged to submit a joint income tax return
Sanctioning by Greece of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Legal recognition of gender identity
Discriminatory treatment of candidate employees of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Discriminatory treatment of family members of third country national in the field of social protection
Specification of the implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Discrimination in the field of social protection against legal resident third-country workers, who pay the same contributions to insurance agencies as Greek citizens
The Judges Code provides that a judge whose spouse does not work is not entitled to parental leave unless the spouse is unable to look after the child due to illness or injury
Enforcement of equal treatment on the ground of age in the field of employment in the public sector
Extension of the scope of the equal treatment principle: addition of grounds and fields; extension of the Ombudsman`s powers; procedural provisions not improved nor incorporated into procedural codes; inadequate transposition of Directive 2014/54/EU
Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body
Improvement of the legal framework on anti-discrimination
Prohibition of dismissal during pregnancy and thereafter
Equal access to educational institution regardless of ethnic origin
Common minimum height requirement for men and women for access to the Police Academy
Country reports
State of affairs 1 January 2018
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs up to 1st January 2013
