By Helena Galaris

OR reset The 13th and 14th salaries were discussed in the plenary of the Council of State, following the intervention of ADEDY, which intervened in favor of an employee of the Ministry of Education, who in his appeal requested that the State be obliged to pay him a compensation of 20s and 20s.

Video from the mobilization of civil servants in the CoE:

The applicant argues that “the legislator’s omission to restore the holiday and leave allowances is contrary to the Constitution, and in particular the principles of human value, equality, equality in public burdens and proportionality, as well as the provisions of European law (Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union and 20).

At the same time, he argues that, in any case, he should be paid directly to the requested amounts, through the extension of the provisions of individual labor law, due to the European Directive 2022/2041/EU equal treatment of the employees of the private and public sector, regarding the guarantees of the employees who are sufficient.

ADEDY’s lawyer, who intervened in favor of the plaintiff, argued that the benefits were initially legislated in 1951 and in 2012 abolished due to financial circumstances, which no longer exist.

“There is a failure of the state to reinstate them in order for civil servants to secure a decent standard of living. European law and constitutional principle of equality are violated,” he said, adding that although although
There are budget surpluses, the benefits are not restored.

For their part, public lawyers stressed that ADEDY was essentially seeking to legislate the state in order to return gifts and asked if this is the responsibility of the CoE, which is now entering the legislative framework.

The rapporteur Ioannis Michalakopoulos, in his presentation, referred, inter alia, to the public claim (which denies that the non -establishment of holiday allowances and leave is unconstitutional) that the reinstatement of gifts will have a “permanent annual budgetary cost of 1.37 billion. Euro without employer contributions and a total of 1.55 billion. euro including employers’ contributions. “
No constitutional provision or principle is not violated, and in particular the provisions of Articles 2 (1), 4 (1) and 5, 25, as well as 103 par. 1st of the Constitution. “

During the trial, which will be piloted, about 500 civil servants had gathered outside the Council of State.