Labor &amp; Employment

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General procedural formalities in changes of employer

In the case of “change of employer” the following procedures must be followed, in general: First of all a private agreement between the old and the new employer and the employee should be signed. In this agreement the old employer discloses the terms of the employment contracts, the new employer accepts them and undertakes all the obligations that arise (accumulated rights of the employee) and the employee accepts the change of employer. The above private agreement must be submitted to the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) the day that the change of employer (following a buy our, a merger/acquisition etc) is finalized and the...

11 Jul 2014

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Registration of an international trademark

in Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Special topics

The registration of an international trademark requires an investigation in the database for international trademarks with respect to those countries where one wishes to have the trademark registered, so as to identify whether a similar trademark has already been registered. In order to file an application for the registration of an international trademark, the applicant must be a Greek citizen or a resident in Greece or a company or a partnership having a real and permanent establishment in Greece and must have already filed an application for registration or registered the same trademark as a Greek one (if the application is...

01 Apr 2014

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Managing employees – Differences between their employment agreement and the one applicable to ordinary employees

Managing employees are individuals holding a management, trust or supervision position within a business entity. According to the legal theory and jurisprudence, managing employees are employees of a large business entity, who have been charged, due to their exceptional qualifications (higher education, high qualifications, special skills, specialization, experience) as well as to the employer’s special trust in them, with general management tasks regarding the whole entity or a significant department thereof and staff supervision tasks, in a way that they decisively influence the entity’s development and clearly distinguish from all other employees who carry out the normal current work. Such distinction...

26 Feb 2014

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Bank holidays under Greek law

1/1 New Year’s day 6/1 Epiphany 27/2 Ash Monday 25/3 25th of March (national holiday) 13/4 Good Friday 15/4 Easter 16/4 Easter Monday 1/5 1st of May -Labour day 4/6 Whit Monday 15/8 15th of August –Assumption of Mary (Christian holiday) 28/10 28th of October (national holiday) 25/12 Christmas 26/12 Day after Christmas-Boxing Day...

26 Feb 2014

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Legal issues of wage under Greek labor law

MInimum wage obligations under Greek labor law Under Greek law there are minimum wage requirements. There are various stages of control of the minimum wage. One is the “National General Collective Employment Agreement” which imposes a general “floor” applicable to all employees of all specializations. The current wage “floor” ranges from €510,95 [young employees under 25 years old with less than 3 years of completed employment time] to €761,90 [employees above 25 years old with more than 9 years of previous employment]. As a second stage (or “floor”), for most categories of work specialties (“classes”) there are “class agreements” that provide for higher...

08 Jun 2012

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Employment Contracts

in Labor & Employment

Employment contracts are regulated by articles 648 to 680 of the Civil Code and other special labor laws. Pursuant to article 648 of the Civil Code, an employment contract is the written or oral contract based on which the employee is obliged to provide, for definite or indefinite time, his work to the employer, who is obliged to pay the agreed salary. A definite term employment contract exists when definite work time has been agreed expressly or impliedly or when obviously results from the kind or the nature of work for which the employee has been employed. In cases where the...

04 Jun 2012

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Social Security contributions to the Greek Social Security Fund (IKA)