Greece has opened public consultation on a 45-article bill that would require employers to close unjustified gender pay gaps exceeding 5 percent or face mandatory back-pay orders and fines — placing Greece's 13.4 percent average gender pay gap, above the EU average of 11.1 percent, at the centre of binding legal enforcement for the first time.
Labor Minister Niki Kerameos said the bill, which transposes an EU pay transparency directive into Greek law, bars companies from asking job applicants about previous salaries and requires disclosure of a role's wage range before interviews.
Current employees gain the right to request average pay breakdowns by gender for equivalent roles. Annual reporting will be mandatory for companies with more than 250 employees; triennial for those with 100 or more.
The Greek Ombudsman will oversee compliance. "Compensation must be determined by the quality of work and skills, not by gender," Mrs. Kerameos said.