Greek employers must state the salary before interview from 1 November

The main employer duties under Greece’s pay transparency law commence on 1 November 2026. Law 5316/2026, which transposes the EU Pay Transparency Directive, was published on 6 July 2026, and from next week employers must tell candidates the starting pay or pay range before interview, or before the contract where there is no interview.

The disclosure is broader than base salary. It covers bonuses, allowances, overtime, benefits in kind and occupational pensions. Employers may not ask candidates about their pay history. Employees gain a written right to their own pay level and to the sex-disaggregated averages for equal or equivalent work. Gap reporting is annual for employers with 250 or more staff, every three years at 150 to 249, and from 2031 every three years at 100 to 149.

Why this matters. If you are applying for work with a Greek employer, you should see a number before you sit down. That changes the negotiation: you are responding to a stated range rather than guessing, and the employer cannot anchor the conversation on what you earned before, because they are not allowed to ask. If a Greek employer asks you about your current salary after 1 November, they are asking something the law no longer permits.

It applies to the employment relationship rather than to your nationality or where you live, so a remote role with a Greek employer is in scope. Greece transposed late, having previously made news for delay, so expect implementation to be uneven in the first months. The Ministry of Labour has issued an implementing circular, and if a specific obligation matters to your situation it is worth checking the circular or taking advice rather than relying on press summaries of it.