Following the relevant press releases of the Hellenic Police regarding the traffic arrangements in the context of the “UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE” Final Football Match at the “AEK ARENA” stadium between the OLYMPIAKOS-FIORENTINA teams on Wednesday 29/5/2024, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security notes the following:

In the event that the employer is temporarily or permanently prevented from accepting the employee’s work due to reasons due to force majeure, he is not overdue for accepting the offered work and, consequently, is released from the obligation to pay the salary to the offeror salaried work (a rule established in opposition to the provisions of 656 A.K.).

Therefore, in cases of inability of businesses to operate, as well as of employees to come to work, the following applies:

a) When the business did not operate due to force majeure and the employees did not come to work for the same event, the provisions of article 380 of the Civil Code apply, according to which, “if the provision by one of the contracting parties (employer or employee) is impossible as a result of an event, for which he is not responsible, the other party to the consideration is also exempted” (ie there is a joint exemption).

b) When the business operated normally and an employee did not manage to go to work, despite his efforts, due to force majeure, he is owed the salary for that day (657 A.K.).