Greece’s plan to release its EU Pay Transparency Directive draft is behind schedule. A release, however, is expected soon.
In Greece’s Consolidated Plan of Government Policy 2025 (ΕΣΚυΠ 2025), the government outlined a plan that targeted a draft by Q4 2025 under the remit of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. No updated timeline was provided in Greece’s Consolidated Plan of Government Policy 2026.
As of January 2026, the draft has yet to be released. Greece’s projected implementation timeline in its plan for 2025 was as follows:
- Q1–Q2 2025: Formation of a Working Group (Σύσταση Ομάδας Εργασίας). This group is responsible for developing the action plan for transposition and is expected to include:
- Academic experts
- Labor law specialists
- Ministry officials
- Q3–Q4 2025: Preparation of the Draft Bill (Κατάρτιση Σχεδίου Νόμου) to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/970 into Greek law.
The stated objective is full transposition by June 2026, in line with EU requirements. But an official draft is still pending.
Policy Objective: Equal Pay Through Transparency and Enforcement
The policy plan reiterates that Greece’s transposition effort will focus on:
- Enforcing the principle of equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value
- Introducing pay transparency obligations for employers
- Establishing enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance
These objectives closely track the core structure of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Greek Context: The “FAIR PAY” Pilot Program
One notable feature of Greece’s approach is the ongoing “FAIR PAY” pilot project, developed in collaboration with the General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights.
Purpose of the Pilot
The FAIR PAY initiative is designed to:
- Test gender-neutral job evaluation systems
- Assess how concepts such as “work of equal value” can be operationalized in real Greek workplaces
- Identify practical challenges employers may face before the Directive becomes binding
Impact on Future Legislation
Unlike a strict copy-and-paste transposition of EU law, Greece appears to be using the pilot to inform:
- Administrative tools
- Practical guidance
- Job evaluation frameworks
These outputs are expected to shape the draft legislation or accompanying guidance, particularly around defining and comparing work of equal value.
What Employers Should Expect Next
At this stage:
- No draft bill has been published
- No consultation period has opened
- No national thresholds or enforcement details have been confirmed
However, the government’s published timeline signals that, although behind schedule, a draft should be coming in Q1 2026.
Employers operating in Greece should assume that:
- The Directive will be transposed by June 2026
- Pay transparency, job evaluation, and reporting obligations will apply on the EU timeline
- Preparatory work in 2025 will be critical
How Trusaic Can Help
At Trusaic, we provide employers across the EU with solutions to comply confidently with the directive.
Our Complete EU Pay Transparency Solution enables compliant pay systems, ensures gender-neutral job evaluations, and automates complex reporting obligations to keep you one step ahead of EU pay transparency enforcement.
- PayParity® analyzes your rewards data (compensation/benefits in kind) and quickly identifies inequities to determine if your adjusted gender pay gap is above 5%. It enables you to easily comply with Article 7 (right to information) and Article 6 requirements (pay setting and progression policy).
- Our Remediation Optimization Spend Agent (R.O.S.A.) works as PayParity’s AI remediation partner to find the most cost-effective way to close nominal pay gaps above 5% to ensure compliance.
- Salary Range Finder ensures equitable pay at the point of hire to prevent your pay gap from rising above 5% and enables you to easily comply with the Directive’s salary range disclosure and salary history ban requirements.
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- Regulatory Pay Transparency Reporting™ captures your pay equity findings and generates compliant, one-click reports across all EU jurisdictions.
- Our Pay Transparency Agent answers all your pay transparency reporting questions instantly.
- Our Communications Agent crafts perfect contextual narratives in any EU language to support your annual pay reports.
Trusaic is GDPR compliant and can assist any organization in any EU state in meeting its obligations under both the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
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