Payment of Benefits for Special Plans to deal with the effects of the pandemic implemented by the Ministry of Labor for the period December 2020

Please be advised that the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance announces that from today the payment of Benefits for participation in the Special Plans for December 2020 takes place for those applications that were duly completed and with a confirmed bank account. For those companies that did not have a confirmed bank account, Government Cheques will be sent in the coming days.

Also, the Payment of the One-Time Grant is made in the context of:

  1. The Subsidy Plan for Businesses that were under mandatory full suspension, in accordance with the Decrees of the Ministry of Health and the relevant Decisions of the Council of Ministers and participated in the Special Plans of the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance implemented for the period 16 March 2020 to 31 October 2020 and
  2. Subsidy plan for Businesses and Self-Employed that were under mandatory suspension or had a reduction in turnover of more than 80% due to measures taken for the COVID pandemic, in accordance with the Decrees of the Ministry of Health and the relevant Decisions of the Council of Ministers. 19 and participated in the Special Plans of the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance that were implemented for the period November 2020.

It is noted that the payment of the One-Time Grant does not require the submission of an application by the beneficiaries, as the necessary condition is that they were approved for participation in the Special Plan for the Complete Suspension of the Company during the mentioned periods.

The original communique in Greek can be found here.