Successful Pay Transparency Event Co-Hosted with PayGap at EMST
We were delighted to co-host an exclusive event on pay transparency together with PayGap at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens. The event brought together HR, legal, compliance, and reward professionals for an insightful discussion on the forthcoming pay transparency obligations in Greece and their practical implications for employers. Combining legal know-how... Read More
Greece Introduces a New Framework for Artificial Intelligence Regulation
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) introduces a harmonised framework for the use of artificial intelligence across the European Union. For employers, the new rules are particularly relevant to AI tools used in recruitment, candidate assessment and the management of employment relationships. Greece has taken steps to establish its national supervisory framework through... Read More
EU Directive on Women on Boards: Which countries have implemented?
The Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive, known as the “Women on Boards” directive, entered into application at the end of 2024, with the aim of achieving more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all EU member states. It sets a target for large EU listed companies of 40% of the... Read More
EU Platform Work Directive: which countries have implemented?
Directive (EU) 2024/2831, aimed at improving working conditions in platform work, was adopted on 14 October 2024, and EU member states have until 2 December 2026 to transpose it into national law. The Directive has three main goals: helping to correctly determine the employment status of people performing platform work, promoting transparency, fairness, human oversight,... Read More
Greece’s transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive: what employers need to know
Greece is now the fifth EU member state to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive, with the law coming into force on 6 July 2026. The date that really matters for employers, though, is 1 November 2026, when most of the substantive obligations actually take effect, including the right to pay information, recruitment transparency, gender pay... Read More
EU Pay Transparency Directive: which countries have transposed?
The EU Pay Transparency Directive is the bloc’s latest push to make “equal pay for equal work” a reality rather than just a principle. It requires employers with more than 100 staff to regularly report on their gender pay gap, and if that gap exceeds 5% in any job category without a legitimate explanation, the... Read More
Use of Facebook Posts as Evidence in Civil Proceedings
With decision no. 7781/2026 of the Single-Member First-Instance Court of Athens, which concerned a debtor’s application to be placed under the favorable provisions of Law 3869/2010 on over-indebted natural persons due to an alleged unjustified and permanent inability to pay, issues were raised regarding the use of public posts on the Facebook website as evidence... Read More
Greek Council of State restores route to compensation for judicial error
How the legal framework developed In judgment 1501/2014, the Plenary of the Council of State held that Article 4(5) of the Greek Constitution may require the State to compensate individuals for damage caused by its bodies, including the courts. Recognising the independence and special nature of the judicial function, however, it set a strict threshold:... Read More
Receiving fictitious invoices in Greece: Key tax risks, sanctions and defenses
Businesses operating in Greece may face significant tax and criminal exposure where the tax authorities challenge invoices as fictitious. Recent legislative developments and case law have reshaped the applicable administrative penalties and clarified the evidence required from both the tax authorities and the recipient of the invoice. When is an invoice considered fictitious? For Greek... Read More
Pre-contractual Liability in the Negotiation and Formation of an Employment Contract
Konstantinos Theodorakopoulos, HR Professional – August 2026
