Background information

By virtue of the Legislative Act 20 March 2020/2020, "Urgent measures to address the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, to support the society and entrepreneurship, and to safeguard the smooth operation of the market and public administration", all businesses, and for a period not exceeding six (6) months from 20 March 2020, may unilaterally, appoint personnel for the secure operation of the business.

(Art. 9, Legislative Act of 20.03.2020)

Content of measure

In the context of emergency and interim measures in the labour market for dealing with and limiting the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, the employer may unilaterally appoint personnel for the secure operation as such:

• Each employee may be employed for a minimum period of two (2) weeks with a reference period of one month on a continuous or intermittent basis;
• The above way of organizing the work is organized on a weekly basis and includes at least 50% of the business staff;
• An employer who applies this way of organizing the work should maintain the same number of employees employed at the start of implementation of the measure.

More specifically and according to the Ministerial Decision No. 13564/Δ1.4770/2020, employers shall submit to the ERGANI platform, the special document named "FORM 4.3 PERSONNEL TABLE FOR SAFETY OPERATION PERSONNEL'', within the first 10 days of the month following the one of the implementation of the measure.

Use of measure

No available information

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Company / Companies	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: Unknown

Involvement

There is no any involvement of social partners

Views and reactions

No involvement

Sources

• 20 March 2020: Act of Legislative Content on “Urgent measures to address the consequences of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, to support society and entrepreneurship and to ensure the smooth functioning of the market and public administration.” (O.G A’ 68/20-3-2020) (www.e-nomothesia.gr)
• 29 May 2020: The provision for the operation of operations with safe operating personnel is repealed (Καταργείται η διάταξη της ΠΝΠ 20.3.2020 για τη λειτουργία επιχειρήσεων με προσωπικό ασφαλούς λειτουργία (www.taxheaven.gr)