With the signing of the Joint Ministerial Decision (CMD) of the Ministries of Labor and Social Security, National Economy and Finance and Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security implements the measure of suspending the employment contracts of employees of companies affected by the fires in Attica.

Private sector businesses, regardless of sector and business activity, in areas of Northeast Attica, affected by the fires of August 2024, whose facilities suffer complete destruction or serious material damage to the extent that it is not safe to provide work within the working hours space, they can suspend the employment contracts of their employees, who were hired up until the previous day (10/8/24) from the occurrence of the fire, until the damages that have been caused due to it are repaired and in any case not beyond of three months.

The measure concerns exclusively the employees of the businesses that suffered damage and are active in the municipalities of Vrilissi, Penteli, Chalandrio, Dionysos, Marathon, Oropos, Pallini and Rafina and, specifically, in the municipal communities of Vrilissi, Melissi, Nea Penteli, Penteli, Chalandrio, Agios Stefanos , Dionysos, Rhodopolis, Stamata, Varnavas, Grammatikou, Marathon, Nea Makri, Afidno, Kapandriti, Malakasa and Polydendri.

Employees, whose employment contract is suspended, are entitled to extraordinary financial support, as special purpose compensation, amounting to 534 euros, which corresponds to 30 days.

Employees, whose employment contracts are suspended, are provided with full insurance coverage, calculated on their nominal salary, for the period of suspension of the employment contract, as well as for the holiday allowances corresponding to this period.

Businesses are required to submit a responsible declaration every month to the “ERGANI” Information System, with which they declare the employees whose contracts are suspended. After the first declaration of suspension of the company-employer, the eligible employees submit a responsible declaration on the online platform https://supportemployees.services.gov.gr. As stated in the relevant announcement, from today 8/16/2024 until 8/31/2024, the P.S. “ERGANI” will be available for the submission of declarations of suspension of the labor contracts of the workers for the month of August 2024 by the businesses in the areas affected by the fires.