Department of Labour Relations
Τhe national minimum wage is determined by the Minimum Wage Orders of 2022 and 2023. According to the Orders:


a) Every employee who works full-time must receive an initial monthly wage of at least €1000 gross. Employees who either before January 1, 2024 or after January 1, 2024 have not completed six (6) months of continuous employment with the same employer, from January 1, 2024 must receive a monthly salary of at least €900 gross for full-time work, until completion six (6) months of continuous employment.

b) The working hours of the employees must be those that were applied at the time that the Orders came into force, as determined either by collective agreement, or by a written agreement between the employer and the employee.

c) The provisions of the Orders do not apply to domestic workers, the workers in agricultural and animal farming workers and seamen, as well as to workers to whom the Minimum Wages in the Hotel Industry Order of 2020 applies.

d) Α readjustment mechanism is instituted and it will be operating every two years, beginning from 2024.

Regarding the Minimum Wage Order for the Hotel Industry which came into force (Order No. 268/2023) on the 1st of June 2023, for the minimum wage in each of the professional categories included in the Order, click here.