On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., the submission of electronic applications for the special seasonal aid of the Public Employment Service (DYPA) for 2023 will begin, while the submission of applications to Citizen Service Centers (CSCs) will begin on Wednesday 20 September 2023.

The application deadline is Thursday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m.

The amount of the special seasonal aid ranges from 609.75 euros to 1,219.50 euros.

It is noted that, this year, the process starts earlier than every other year.

Applications are submitted online, through gov.gr, at: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/anergia/eidiko-epokhiko-boethema-dypa.

Specifically, the route is: gov.gr → Work and insurance → Unemployment → Special seasonal aid DYPA.

As stated in the relevant announcement, it is not required to attend the Employment Promotion Centers (KPA2) of the DYPA in person.

Beneficiaries are employees insured in the e-EFKA who practice one of the following professions: builder, quarryman, lime maker, potter, brick maker, potter, forest worker, resin collector, tobacco worker, musician-member of a relevant trade union, shoemaker, salaried shipbuilding repair zone operator, excavator operator, lifting, road construction, drilling machinery, actor, cinema and television technician, cinema operator and assistant cinema operator, cinema and theater controller, cinema and theater treasurer, hired tourist and catering industry, sander, theater-cinema setter, dancer-member of related branches or similar professions associations, as well as a technician employed in live audio-visual events-members of relevant sectoral or similar professional associations.

Beneficiaries are also pensioners who submitted a retirement application, until 10/9/2023, during the year 2022, practiced one of the above professions and have the conditions for receiving the aid for the year 2023, as long as the amount of the pension (main and supplementary), which they receive, is less than the amount of 495.75 euros.

In addition, beneficiaries are also those who become pensioners from 11/9/2023 onwards, regardless of the amount of their pension, as well as those who enlisted in order to serve their military service from 11/9/2023 onwards, provided they certainly meet the conditions .

According to the announcement, those who meet the conditions for regular unemployment benefits between 10/09/2023-30/11/2023 are not entitled to the allowance.

As pointed out in the announcement, one cannot receive both the special seasonal aid and the regular unemployment benefit, with the exception of builders.

* A table with the amount of the special seasonal allowance for the year 2023 per profession is attached.