Reverse measurement of twelve days is running from today for the expiration of the payment deadline Gift Easter For his employees private sector.
Specifically, the Easter Gift in the private sector should be paid by Wednesday, April 16th by employers.
It is noted that especially for the paid minimum wages, this year the Easter gift will be increased by 6%, as it is calculated on the basis of the April 2025 payroll, which incorporates the increase announced by the government on March 26, 2025.
Thus, a full -time employee (five days, 8 hours) with a new minimum wage of 742 euros net and 0 – 3 years of service, will receive Easter gift of 371 euros.
Which workers are entitled to Easter Gift
Under applicable law, all employees employed in the private sector with an indefinite or fixed -term employment relationship, full or part -time to any employer are entitled to Easter gift.
When is the Easter Gift paid
The Easter gift is paid on Good Wednesday, of course, that the employer can pay the gift earlier than the above date. Easter gift contributions are paid in favor of EFKA (IKA) and employment tax. Easter gift is in no way allowed to be paid in kind, but only in money.
If the Christmas Gift is not paid in time, employees and/or unions can and should appeal to the relevant Labor Inspectorate in order to draw up reports. The lawsuit is forwarded to the prosecutor for an individual prosecution at the expense of the employer while also forwarding to the relevant Police Department for the movement of the autopsy procedure.
Employees and/or their unions have the right to file a lawsuit directly to the competent Police Department and to request the implementation of the autopsy procedure.
It should be noted that the petitions should indicate the business details and the employer’s residence data, if possible, as the self -procedure lasts 48 hours.
In any case, within the non -payment of the Easter gift, within the time -limit, the SEPE’s social inspectors are obliged to intervene immediately, conducting audits and to be fully readiness to exercise the process of self -infliction and imposing the relevant sanctions.
How is Easter Gift Calculated
The calculation of the amount of the Easter gift shall take into account the way of remuneration of the employees, that is, if they are paid on a salary or salary. The time period calculated the gift begins from January 1 to April 30 of each year. Consequently, if the employment relationship lasted the whole period, the employee is entitled to receive half a monthly salary if he is paid salary and 15 salaries if he is paid on a salary.
However, if a employee’s employment relationship with his employer did not last the entire period mentioned above, he is entitled to receive a gift ratio calculated as follows: in order for a salary paid, an amount equal to 1/15 of half a monthly wage or one wage for each of them. If the employment relationship lasts less than eight days, it is entitled to a similar fraction for Easter.
Unless the work was provided without interruption throughout 1 January to 30 April, all days when employees are legally absent from work (eg with an annual license, maternity license, with student leave). Especially in the absence of workers due to illness, the “three -day sickness” are taken into account during the calculation of the Easter Gift, that is, the time of absence in which no sickness allowance is paid, while removing the intervals held by the Insurance Agency. Example: If an employee was absent from his job due to illness 60 days and received sickness allowance from his insurance fund for 40 days, only 40 days for which he was subsidized and not 60.
The Easter Gift is calculated on the basis of the actual regular remuneration on the 15th day before Easter, provided they are equal to or superior to the legal. If the employment relationship has been resolved before the above date, the Easter Gift is calculated on the basis of the remuneration paid on the day the employment relationship was resolved. Regular earnings are considered to be wage or salary as well as any other benefit (either in money or in kind) paid by the employer as a contractual or legal consideration of the work provided regularly each month or periodically repeated at some time.
Regular earnings are, among other things, the remuneration for regular legal overtime, overtime, work on Sunday, on holidays, at night, productivity premiums, housing allowance, etc. When granted on time at regular intervals, etc. Consequently, the employee will receive the Easter gift increased with the license factor of 0.04166. Example: Employee with Easter Gift of 900 euros, with the increase in the license rate will have to get 938 euros.