The new legal framework expands disciplinary offenses and penalties
New landscape forms in the public sector the reform of disciplinary law for their civil servants After voting by the House of the relevant bill of the Ministry of the Interior.
The new legal framework expands disciplinary offenses and penalties, with the most important being the forecast for definitive cessation in the event of a refusal to participate in the evaluation. There are changes in the disciplinary procedure as collective disciplinary bodies are abolished and replaced by a new body of disciplinary infringements in which employees will not participate.
Disciplinary offense is considered to be the refusal to participate in the evaluation either as an evaluator or as an evaluator in targeting, measurements, which is punishable by a fine equal to two -month earnings, while the penalty of definitive cessation (dismissal) is projected to avoid evaluation for two consecutive years.
It is also envisaged that the criminal prosecution of any felony is put on a holiday, a prediction that today only applies to crimes against sexual freedom and the economic exploitation of sexual life. Still, the deprivation of personal freedom of employee, for as long as it lasts, is a reason for his position on a self -sufficient holiday.
Those who were fired by the State with the disciplinary penalty of definitive cessation or termination of the employment contract with their fault, They can be re -appointed after 10 years instead of 5 in force today.
Also, the temporary impediment re -appointment occupying those officials who have lost their employees (eg with resignation) and subsequently imposed the disciplinary penalty of definitive cessation due to the continuation of the disciplinary procedure after the resolution of their employment.
Are added New disciplinary penalties imposed on some disciplinary offenses: These are the deprivation of the right to granting a salary scale of one to five years, the deduction of up to four wage scales and the prohibition of the task of being replenished or by special provisions for a period of one to five years.
In addition to disciplinary penalties, in some cases there is an additional administrative sanction ranging from EUR 3,000 to EUR 100,000.
For the first time, the so -called Disciplinary Law ‘Disciplinary conciliation’ that the audited employee may request in order to obtain a more favorable penalty.
This possibility can be used in cases of disciplinary offenses, which do not carry the penalty of definitive cessation and has not been caused by financial damage or the damage caused has been fully repaired by the employee.
The provisions of the new discipline, introduced by Interior Minister Thodoris Lebanese, relate to civil servants, 1st and second grade Local Authorities, as well as Legal Entities of Public Law (NPA) and will be in force from the new year.
Disciplinary cases related to misconduct until December 31, 2025 and disciplinary prosecution is exercised after January 1, 2026, the new provisions apply.
The new disciplinary body
From the new year, the Disciplinary Council of Human Resources Public Sector has been working, replacing the existing Primary Disciplinary Boards and the Secondary Disciplinary Board.
The new disciplinary body will consist of 60 judges, members of the State Legal Council, full -time and exclusive employment, for whom Deputy Minister of Interior Vivi Charalambogiannis told the House that they would come from new additional recruitments.
The new disciplinary board will operate in a three -member and five -member composition, depending on the severity of the disciplinary case and will not be attended by employees and public executives.
It is only a trade unionist to present it if the persecuted official wishes before the case is heard to report opinions and leave before the conference is launched.
As stated in the explanatory memorandum of the voted bill, the arrangements are attempted to deal with chronic delays presented in the context of the disciplinary procedure in the general public sector. According to statistics, by December 31, 2024, about 2,300 disciplinary cases pending in one hundred 100 primary disciplinary councils. In many cases, in fact, the completion of the procedures may approach or even exceed five years.
In particular, the basic reason for the delays is found in the way the primary disciplinary councils, which are chaired by judges or prosecutors, whose participation in disciplinary bodies is not essential and main, but parallel.
Collective disciplinary bodies have been abolished since the beginning of 2027 and are required to complete the cases pending by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026 until 31 December 2025.