Greece

Council of State does not find minimum athletic requirements common for male and female candidates for the Police Schools to be indirectly discriminatory against female candidates

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

A survivor’s pension granted to unmarried daughters of deceased civil servants under more favourable conditions than those provided for unmarried sons

In response to the Greek #MeToo movement, the City of Athens unanimously adopted an action programme on the prevention and elimination of sexual harassment, including a public commitment to zero-tolerance

Judgment No. 1196/2020 of the Thessaloniki Court of Appeal for the first time acknowledges sexual harassment at work as a form of gender discrimination and applies the reversal of the burden of proof

In response to the Greek #MeToo movement and a campaign by Women’s NGOs, the Greek Government announced the ratification of the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention 190 and other legal measures for the elimination of gender-based violence and harassment

Employment measures

Further degradation of the ex-General Secretariat for Gender Equality undermines the implementation of substantive gender equality legislation and policies

First Greek judgment on the recognition of a non-binary person

Protective measures for pregnant workers in the private sector due to COVID-19 – Special leave for parents of children with COVID-19 in the private sector

For the first time, provision of a gender quota of a minimum of 1/3 of the total of the members of the administrative councils of athletic unions

For the first time, a gender quota of a minimum of 25 % of the total of the members of the Administrative Council of limited liability companies (S.A.) listed in Greece

Reconciliation of professional life with family and/or private life through the provision of a financial aid to parents

Pregnancy and family related leaves (including accommodation of working hours) due to COVID-19

Less favourable retirement age for male Greek public servants constitutes direct gender discrimination in pay – Levelling up

Significant increase of domestic violence against women during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Female salaried lawyers not entitled to adequate maternity allowance in breach of Article 11(2)(b) Directive 92/85/EEC due to the non-adoption of the Single Benefits Regulation by the general social security scheme ‘EFKA’ since 01.01.2017

Αward of bonus points to candidate seasonal firefighters who have served in the army or in other corps to which women have no or only limited access