Integrating European directive on equal pay<\/b> and transparency in the workplace<\/b>.<\/p>\n
An important institutional intervention to promote equal pay for equal work<\/strong> is the incorporation of European Directive 2023\/970 by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security<\/strong>, in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family.<\/p>\n This was stressed by the Deputy Minister Elena Rapti<\/strong>, during her presence at an event on “Wage Transparency in the Workplace”, which took place at WEHub – Female Empowerment Hub in Thessaloniki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The event was organized by the Association of Business Women of Greece<\/strong>, in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Equality Issues<\/strong>, highlighting the importance of payroll transparency<\/strong> as a tool to address inequalities in the labour market.<\/p>\n “According to the most recent ELSTAT data for 2024, the pay gap in Greece is 13.4%. But behind this average lie inequalities. At the same time, the data show that the pay gap widens with age, which is linked to cumulative inequalities in career paths and to women’s less access to positions of responsibility,” said Ms Rapti, noting that “wage transparency and the principle of equal pay for equal work are not just an institutional issue”, but “concern the way we perceive fairness at work, the credibility of institutions and substantive equality, and are a factor of trust between workers and employers. This project aims to promote gender equality through pay transparency. We know that implementing the Directive is not an easy task. It requires clear rules, operational tools and a realistic institutional framework,” he explained.<\/p>\n He finally noted that pay transparency is part of a broader policy for equality and is linked to the National Action Plan for Gender Equality 2026-2030, as well as to policies to prevent and address violence against women, as “economic inequality and dependency are often factors of tolerance or entrapment in violence.”<\/p>\n “Greece is a country which has a pay gap of 13.4% for people – apparently – of the same qualifications and in the same jobs and under the European Directive we have to move substantially actively in order to reduce or even eliminate this gap,” said SEGE president Lina Tsaltabasi.<\/p>\n Speaking about the partnership of SEGE with the KETHI and the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, she noted that “our aim is to inform the public both at the level of employers about what their obligations are from June 2026, and at the level of employees to assert their rights in the right way.”<\/p>\n “It is sad in 2026 to talk about the gender pay gap, because the pay gap has a negative sign for the female gender. What we are trying to do in partnership with the SEGE and WHEN is to implement a directive from the European Union, which will lead our country at the end of 2026, as close as possible to eliminating the wage gap,” said the president of the Centre for Research on Equality Issues KETHI Eleni Zenakou.<\/p>\n The event was held in the framework of the European project “FAIR PAY – Pioneering equal and transparent pay initiatives”, which is coordinated by the General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights, implemented with the participation of the SEGE, co-funded by Greece and the European Union through the “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values” (CERV) programme. The main objective of the project is the promotion of wage transparency, respect for the principle of equal pay and the fight against direct and indirect gender-based wage discrimination.<\/p>\n The event was addressed by the coordinator of the Prime Minister’s Office in Northern Greece, Elena Sokoou, who referred to her work experience in the private sector and the inequality she has experienced herself, and stressed that for every woman who takes an example from the experiences of other women to claim more in her workplace and in terms of pay, “it is a victory for all”.<\/p>\n In his own address, Thessaloniki’s deputy regional governor Kostas Youtikas observed that “today, Greek women are in positions of responsibility, in politics, in business, in large organisations of international prestige”, but “unfortunately, prejudices, the conservative remnants and the phobic syndromes of the past in everything new and innovative, continue to exist”, and “it is our duty to work together to confront and eliminate them, the State, the bodies of the women’s movement, but also the Local Government, which can have a role and even an essential role in this effort”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Incorporating the European directive on equal pay and transparency in the workplace.
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