Pensions & Employment
From working out pensionable service to challenging an unlawful dismissal, employment and pension matters are decided on the detail of the file. We build it properly from the outset.
In pension matters the crucial question is rarely when you can retire. It is almost always on what contributions, from which funds, and with what periods of successive insurance. We gather and check your insurance record, calculate pensionable service and pensionable earnings, and handle the application to EFKA, the single social security fund, along with the objections and appeals where it delays or refuses.
In employment matters time is the enemy. Claims arising from dismissal and from unpaid wages are subject to short cut-off periods that cannot be extended. If you have been dismissed, if wages are owed to you, if you are facing violence or harassment at work, or if there has been an accident, we record the facts at once and act, out of court where that works and through the courts where it does not.
Matters we typically handle
Pensions
Calculating pensionable service and earnings
We check contributions, notional years that can be credited or bought, and successive insurance, the rules that apply where your record is split between more than one fund. You then know when your entitlement arises and at what estimated amount, before you take decisions about your career or about buying years.
Old-age and invalidity pension applications
We submit the application with a complete file and follow its progress through EFKA to the decision, intervening where the process stalls without cause.
Care allowance for severe disability
The allowance paid to people with severe conditions who are cared for outside an institution. We pursue it for those entitled to it, with the medical documentation properly prepared for the KEPA panels, the state boards that assess disability.
Pension disputes
Objections and appeals against refusals and miscalculations, first within the fund and then, where necessary, before the administrative courts.
Employment
Termination and protection against dismissal
We check whether the termination was lawful and whether the statutory compensation is right, and challenge the dismissal within the three-month cut-off period where it is void or abusive.
Recovering unpaid wages
Wages, overtime, allowances and holiday pay. We calculate precisely what is owed and pursue it, out of court first and through the courts if need be.
Violence and harassment at work
We document the incidents and pursue the procedures introduced by Law 4808/2021, whether internally within the business, before the Labour Inspectorate (the state body that enforces employment law), or in court.
Workplace accidents
We pursue compensation for financial loss and for pain and suffering, while attending in good time to the notifications to the Labour Inspectorate and to EFKA on which the case rests.
Public sector recruitment (ASEP)
The ASEP register and applications
ASEP is the independent authority that runs recruitment into the Greek public sector. Qualifications have to be recorded correctly in its register and the application submitted properly, because this is the stage at which most fatal mistakes are made.
Objections
We check the ranking tables and the points awarded, and draft properly reasoned objections within the very short deadlines allowed.
Competitions outside ASEP
Support in competitions run by municipalities, state-owned undertakings and other bodies with selection procedures of their own.
Frequently asked questions
How long do I have to challenge a dismissal?
Three months to challenge the validity of the termination and six months to claim the statutory compensation. Both are cut-off periods and cannot be extended for any reason.
Can I check whether my pension was calculated correctly?
Yes. We obtain the full file from EFKA, recalculate on the basis of your insurance record and, if an error emerges, lodge an objection or an appeal.
What should I do immediately after an accident at work?
Notify the employer and the Labour Inspectorate within the deadlines, obtain full medical documentation, and take a note of the witnesses. Every later claim is built on those three things.
The answers above are general information and do not constitute legal advice on any specific matter.