The misadventures of the European Social Charter in Greece
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46661/lexsocial.7368Keywords:
European Social Charter, Revised European Social Charter, Article 24, valid reason, reinstatement, compensation, severance indemnityAbstract
Greece has signed and ratified the ESC and all its amending and additional protocols. Nevertheless, the implementation of the Charter rights was found to be on a rough path. Specifically in the era of the tripartite creditors’ administration (“the Troika”) of the country’s economic affairs (2010-2019) Parliament was forced to pass measures, so called austerity measures, in overt violation of many fundamental employment rights enshrined in the Charter. This led to the delivery of decisions of non-conformity by the ECSR on relevant collective complaints filed by representative domestic trade unions against the Greek State. The latter could not escape the negative outcome of the proceedings, by asserting that the Government had not acted of its own free will but that they were forced to enact such measures under the creditors’ threat of the country’s going bankrupt. In 2016 the country ratified the rev. ESC. Nevertheless, as shown in the case of implementation of article 24 on the principle of dismissal only with a valid reason, the Greek legal practice, even after the Troika had left the country, could not absorb the function and the scope of values underlying social rights, mainly due to the unreadiness of the involved legal circles, but also on the account of the recently dominant neoliberal shift in the country.
Downloads
References
Adams Z, Deakin S, in N. Bruun, K. Lörcher, I. Schömann, S. Clauwärt (eds), The European Social Charter and the Employment Relation, Hart Publishing 2017, pp. 198-219
Açumuz Β, Akbulut,Ο, The European Social Charter, A Commentary, Volume 1, Cross-Cutting Themes 2022, pp. 264-292
Bonelhocine C., European Social Charter - Short guide, Council of Europe publishing, 2000.
Boumboucheropoulos P, Αrticle 117 par. 2 of Law 4623/2019 and the valid reason in the current law of termination of the employment contract (Το άρθρο 117 παρ. 2 του Ν. 4623/2019 και ο βάσιμος λόγος στο ισχύον δίκαιο της καταγγελίας της συμβάσεως εργασίας), Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου)) 2020, pp 213-228.
Deliyanni-Dimitrakou C., Akrivopoulou C, Fundamental Rights and Private Relations in Greek and European Law, Sakkoulas Publications / L.G.D.J., 2015
Gavalas N., "Strasbourg outlaws the memoranda regulations" (Ανάχωμα στις μνημονιακές ρυθμίσεις από το Στρασβούργο), Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου) 2012, pp.1561-1575.
Gavalas N. «The participation in the common Sunday rest as a universal cultural principle and as a constitutional right of all workers. Α critique on article 49 of Law 4472/2017», Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου) vol. 79/2017, pp. 777 -794.
Palli V., "The repercussions of Article 24 of the Revised European Social Charter in termination law from a comparative perspective" (Οι συνέπειες της δέσμευσης από το άρθρου 24 του Αναθεωρημένου Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινωνικού Χάρτη στο δίκαιο της απόλυσης από συγκριτική σκοπιά), Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου) 2020, p. 1299 - 1324.
Samuel L. Fundamental Social Rights - Case law of the European Social Charter, Council of Europe Publishing, 2002.
Servais J.M., International Labour Law, Kluwer, 2014
Tsimpoukis, C. "Towards the end of the employment at will principle? The Piraeus First Instance Court applies article 24 of the Revised European Social Charter installing a new era for the Greek termination law" (Αρχή του τέλους για την «αναιτιώδη» εργοδοτική καταγγελία; Το Πρωτοδικείο Πειραιώς εφαρμόζει το άρθρο 24 του Αναθεωρημένου ΕΚΧ και εγκαινιάζει μια νέα εποχή για το ελληνικό δίκαιο των απολύσεων) Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου) 2017, pp.1414-1418)
Tsimpoukis, C. "Some brief notes on decision no 3220/2017 of Piraeus' single-member court of first instance", Lex Social, Revista de Derechos Sociales, 2018, 8 (2), pp. 18-25. https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/lex_social/article/view/3476
Yannakourou M., Tsimpoukis C, "Flexibility without Security and Deconstruction of Collective Bargaining: The new Paradigm of Labour Law in Greece", Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 35, spring 2014, p. 331 et seq. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2438797
Zerdelis D., "The protection from dismissal after L. 4611/2019 (Η προστασία από την απόλυση μετά τον ν. 4611/2019)", Review of Labour Law (Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου) 2019, pp. 369-396
Zerdelis D., Labour Law
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
-
Atribución — Usted debe dar crédito de manera adecuada, brindar un enlace a la licencia, e indicar si se han realizado cambios. Puede hacerlo en cualquier forma razonable, pero no de forma tal que sugiera que usted o su uso tienen el apoyo de la licenciante.
-
NoComercial — Usted no puede hacer uso del material con propósitos comerciales.
-
CompartirIgual — Si remezcla, transforma o crea a partir del material, deberá difundir sus contribuciones bajo la misma licencia que el original.