“Rain” payments of gifts, allowances and retroactive until the end of April

The payment package for the second fortnight of April began earlier on April 19, after the payment of the unemployment subsidy and the Easter gift to the subsidized unemployed.

For the unemployed, the Easter Gift is equal to half of the monthly amount of the unemployment benefit, while the full amount is only granted when the unemployed receive the benefit for the entire period from 1 January to 30 April.

In addition, the regular unemployment benefit is increased to 510 euros, from 479 due to the increase in the minimum wage.

Long-term unemployment benefit, self-employed unemployment benefit, special maternity protection benefit and parental leave benefit were also prepaid

Due to Easter, EFKA non-employee pensions will be paid earlier. Particularly,

Pensions

On 4/25/2024, Thursday, the pensions of the former Non-Employee Funds will be paid [ΟΓΑ, ΟΑΕΕ, ΕΤΑΑ] and OPS-EFKA pensions for those who are retired from 1.1.2017 onwards (Law 4387/2016) and all supplementary pensions of the private sector (self-employed and employed).

On 4/29/2024, Monday, the pensions of the former Employee Funds will be paid [ΙΚΑ-ΕΤΑΜ, ΤΡΑΠΕΖΩΝ, ΟΤΕ, ΔΕΗ, ΛΟΙΠΩΝ ΕΝΤΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΩΝ (ΤΣΕΑΠΓΣΟ, ΤΣΠ-ΗΣΑΠ), ΝΑΤ, ΕΤΑΤ, ΕΤΑΠ-ΜΜΕ] and the main and auxiliary pensions of the PUBLIC.

Easter gift: First the increased minimum wage of 830 euros and a day after the enhanced Easter gift will be received by about 560,000 salaried workers who are usually paid at the end of the month.

The Easter Gift is paid on Holy Wednesday, i.e. May 1 this year, but employers can pay it earlier if they wish.

We note that the Easter gift (increased by 6.4%, i.e. by the increase in the minimum wage) will amount to 432.29 euros as it is calculated on the basis of the regular wages actually paid on the 15th day before Easter, as long as they are equal to or higher than the legal while the increase of the leave allowance is also added.

Labor Minister Domna Michaelidou has pointed out that “those employers who do not give the Easter gift are illegal. And we can now see this automatically through ERGANIS, where we see and control all payrolls.”

Retrospectives for self-employed mothers

The retrospective amounts of 6 months of the allowance for self-employed mothers and farmers who gave birth to a child from September 24, 2023 and an effort will be made by the services to be paid at the end of April. However, even if they are credited later, the payment will be made in one installment.

The insured will receive the minimum wage (830 euros) for nine months, i.e. a total of 7,470 euros.

The self-employed women who are entitled to the allowance are estimated at 5,000-6,000 if of course they are insurance aware and have no debt to the EFKA>

At the end of April, women who gave birth from January 1, 2023 onwards will receive an increased birth allowance. The new birth allowance ranges from 2,400 to 3,500 euros, depending on the number of children and retroactively from 1/1/2023. The beneficiary is the mother who resides permanently and legally in Greece and has an annual family income of up to 40,000 euros.

In addition, at the end of April, the increases and retrospectives from the recalculation of pensions will be paid to approximately 2,000 beneficiaries from Legal Entities under Public Law, while in May they will be paid to 10,000 former bank employees.

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