Clarifications to private sector workers on how they are paid holiday of Easter, gives the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE).
Specifically, in its announcement, GSEE for Easter holidays clarifies which services and shops is considered a holiday on Good Friday, what is true for Good Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday.
Good Friday is mandatory semi -mandatory for stores. By law, employment of employees and store operations are prohibited by 13.00 on Good Friday.
For other businesses, Good Friday is not included in the compulsory holidays required by law for private employees. However, private businesses in our country are delayed if Good Friday has been designated a holiday or semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -semi -regulation, in which the business remains closed on this day.
Great Saturday is a working day for employees who are legally employed Saturday in the private sectorunless a public holiday or semi -semi -semi -semi -regulation, a business regulation of the business, a business habit and a custom, in which the business remains closed on this day, has been established.
For Easter Sunday is the general rule of Sunday holiday, that is, employee employment is prohibited..
Those who are employed in businesses who are legally operating on Sundays and other public holidays are entitled to the following:
- If paid by wage, their usual paid salary and 75% increase in their legal hourly wage for as many hours working
- If they are paid for a monthly salary, a 75%increase is due to 1/25 of their legal salary for as many hours employed
- Substitute (Repo): As long as employees are employed Sunday more than 5 hours, they are entitled to additional and alternate rest on another business day of the week.
Easter Monday is by law of compulsory holiday for all businesses.
In operations that do not operate, the usual salaries are paid without any salaries to those who are paid wage, while those who are paid their monthly salary is paid.
Employees employed are entitled to:
1. If they are paid by wage, their usually paid wage and 75% increase to their legal hourly wage for as many hours employed
2. In case employees are paid a monthly salary:
- In the case of businesses that operate legally on Sundays and other public holidays, there is a 75%increase in an increase in 1/25 of their legal salary for those hours of work.
- In the case of businesses that are late on Sundays and days of holiday and will be operating on Easter Monday, 1/25 of their usually paid salary is due and an additional 75% surcharge on the legal wage for those hours of employment.
The following are highlighted:
- The provisions of the legislation on Sunday holidays, the holidays of the Easter period, the time of weekly rest of the workers and the exceptions from them (depending on the activity and nature of the work) are contained in Articles 193-209 of the Code of Individual Labor Law (PD 80/2022, A222).
- In the event that more favorable conditions apply (eg by BSE, Labor Regulation, Operational Custom or Custom) in terms of surcharges of work on work on a mandatory holiday or Sunday, they prevail.
- On a mandatory holiday day, employees’ employment and business operation are prohibited, except for those who are legally operating on Sundays and festivals.
- It is not legal to set off day of the day’s rest (repo) on the day of compulsory holiday.
- The days of compulsory holiday are not included in the annual leave.
- On Sundays and days of compulsory holiday, any industrial, craft, commercial work and any professional activity are prohibited, except for the exemptions explicitly referred to in the legislation.
- Businesses that are not subject to the exemptions of the law cannot operate legally and therefore cannot employ employees without having to receive a specific license from the competent Labor Inspectorate and in the event of an emergency (risk of destruction of products or damage to installations or materials), following a report.
- Illegal staff employment on Sunday or on the days of compulsory holiday is ranked in the category of very serious violations, with a high fine and further criminal liability of the employer.