Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage Order

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.


Minimum Wage for Hotel Employees

The duties of each occupational category within a hotel are defined by the title of the worker's occupation as well as the traditional and standard practice of the duties in the hotel industry.
The minimum wages mentioned below include the sliding scale and the service entitlement in addition to the basic wage. However, they do not include any other benefit to the worker or benefit in cash for work on a compulsory rest day (6th day).

The minimum monthly wages in the hotel industry relate to 38 hours per week on a 5 day basis, and they are the following:

S/N	OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY	MONTHLY WAGE €	HOURLY WAGE €
1	Porter/luggage employee with up to 6 months of service	932	5,66
2	Porter/luggage employee with more than 6 months of service	1002	6,09
3	Assistant hotel receptionist with up to 3 months of service	932	5,66
4	Groom/hotel receptionist	1002	6,09
5	Hotel receptionist Â	1147	6,97
6	Assistant bar waiter/waitress with up to 6 months of service	964	5,86
7	Assistant bar waiter/waitress with more than 6 months of service	1114	6,77
8	Minibar worker	1147	6,97
9	Assistant waiter/waitress with up to 6 months of service	964	5,86
10	Assistant waiter/waitress with more than 6 months of service	1114	6,77
11	Kitchen apprentice with up to 6 months of service	964	5,86
12	Kitchen apprentice with more than 6 months of service	1114	6,77
13	Pastry chef apprentice with up to 6 months of service	964	5,86
14	Pastry chef apprentice with more than 6 months of service	1114	6,77
15	Maid with up to 3 months of service	986	5,99
16	Maid with more than 3 months of service	1039	6,31
17	Cleaner	1039	6,31
18	Laundry worker	1029	6,25
19	Pool worker	1029	6,25

Minimum Wage for occupations not covered by Minimum Wage Order

The salary is not determined by law for domestic workers, the workers in agricultural and animal farming workers and seamen, where salaries are determined either by collective agreement, where they apply, or by a written agreement between the employer and the employee, upon recruitment.

For workers in the Hotel Industry, the salary is determined by the Minimum Wages in the Hotel Industry Order of 2023.