Greece - Major collective agreement for food and confectionery industry - May 31, 2026

The signing of the ministerial decision to extend the two new collective agreements to the food and confectionery industries marks one of the most significant interventions in the labour market in recent years. Now, more than 400,000 employees are expected to see improvements in their salaries and terms of employment. By decision of the Labour and Social Security Minister, the two agreements are extended to all businesses in the respective sectors, activating in practice the new framework of the National Social Agreement, which seeks to increase the coverage of employees by collective agreements. The agreement provides for increases of 8-12% above the statutory salary, a 10% increase for any work on the 6th day, benefits and three-year contracts, as well as institutional terms that had been frozen for years due to memoranda.

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