Greek Law 4808/2021, published in the Government Gazette on
19.06.21, introduced significant changes aiming to modernise
domestic employment law in view of the new economic, social and
technological challenges and increase the competitiveness of Greek
enterprises. In our newsletter we set out the main changes
introduced with regard to individual employment relationships.
Violence and harassment in the workplace
Greece ratified ILO's Convention No 190 concerning the
elimination of violence and harassment in the workplace.
To this end, various new measures are introduced and new rights
and obligations are established, including the right of the
employee who suffers such behavior to leave the workplace for a
reasonable period of time, without any salary loss or other
consequences, and the obligation of employers with more than 20
staff members to adopt written policies (a) to prevent and combat
harassment and violence in the workplace and (b) to handle
