Greece
Non-discrimination law | Athanasios Theodoridis | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Gender equality law | Panagiota Petroglou | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Legal developments
Access to employment for persons with chronic or underlying diseases who belong to groups that are vulnerable to COVID-19
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
Discriminatory practices in recruitment conditions on the ground of ethnic origin
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
Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public and private sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body
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
New provisions on family-related leave in the public sector
Successive increase and decrease of minimum height requirement for female candidates to Port Police makes doubtful whether the set height of 1.65 m is a genuine occupational requirement
Higher minimum height for male candidates to the Fire Brigade does not entail gender discrimination
Follow-up to the CJEU Kalliri C-409/16 - Common minimum height requirement to the detriment of women for access to the Police Academy entails indirect gender discrimination
Urgent measures for family related leave due to COVID-19
Enactment of unfavorable conditions for access of stateless Roma to procedures of naturalisation and attempted enactment regarding persons with disabilities
Non-renewal of the fixed term contract of a female employee due to childbirth
Exclusion of male lawyers, who are insured with the social security scheme for the lawyers of Athens, from the allowance covering the nursery fees of children aged one to five years provided only for female lawyers
Non equal treatment on the ground of racial or ethnic origin in regard with the reception of social allowances
Monitoring of discrimination cases concerning public and private sector on behalf of the competent Equality Body
The transfer of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality from the Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Labour undermines the implementation of substantive gender equality legislation and policies
New provisions of the Penal Code on domestic violence
Country reports
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
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