Difference between revisions of "ΔΔ:Public Employment Service (DYPA) special seasonal allowance"

Revision as of 14:30, 31 July 2026

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At a glance

Points of service

Public Employment Services (former OAED)-Centers for the Promotion of Employment-KPA2

Digital provision points

National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr

Number of required documents

0 to 9 + (

3

)

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

1 month

Description

The procedure concerns the inclusion of the applicant in the ‘special seasonal allowance’ programme. The submission process for applications for in inclusion in the programme begins in September each year, following an announcement by the Hellenic Public Employment Service (DYPA), and concludes at the end of November.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (D.YP.A)

Provided to

Insured, Workers

Notes

AMOUNT OF THE SPECIAL SEASONAL ALLOWANCE

1. The amount of the special seasonal allowance for construction workers is set at 70% of 37 times the current daily wage of an unskilled worker. 2. The amount of the special seasonal allowance for emery miners is set at 70% of 50 times the current daily wage of an unskilled worker. 3. The amount of the special seasonal allowance for the professions of forestry workers/resin collectors, tobacco workers, potters/ceramists/brickmakers, and employees of the shipbuilding zone is set at 70% of 35 times the current daily wage of an unskilled worker.

4. The amount of the special seasonal allowance for professional musicians/singers, actors, shoemakers, cinema operators/assistant operators, theatre/cinema inspectors, cinema/theatre cashiers, cinema and television technicians, theatre/cinema ushers, operators of excavating, lifting, road-building and similar machinery, and employees of the tourism and catering sector, dancers/members of the relevant sectoral or professional unions, as well as technicians employed in live audiovisual events/members of the relevant sectoral or professional unions, is set at 70% of 25 times the current daily wage of an unskilled worker.

Last update

06/08/2026

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for inclusion in the special seasonal allowance programme

Relevant link

https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/anergia/eidiko-epokhiko-boethema-oaed

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes, Identification with TAXISnet codes, Residence permits

Print

Requirements

Fees

Output & Results

Output

Payment Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Seasonal allowance, DYPA (formerly OAED) seasonal allowance, DYPA (formerly OAED) special seasonal allowance

Official title

DYPA special seasonal allowance

Languages supported

Greek, English

Registries updated

Μητρώο Ασφαλισμένων

Μητρώο Εγγεγραμμένων Ανέργων ΔΥΠΑ

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Citizen benefits

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

Life events

Compensation and benefits

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

0 3

   80136
   
   No
   259200
   86400
   
   
   
   
   Identification document, Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes, Identification with TAXISnet codes, Residence permits
   
   68115
   721922, 884562
   
   15780, 15780
   6891

The procedure concerns the inclusion of the applicant in the ‘special seasonal allowance’ programme. The submission process for applications for in inclusion in the programme begins in September each year, following an announcement by the Hellenic Public Employment Service (DYPA), and concludes at the end of November. 0.00 0.00 0 8 3

1 month

,

1 Geographical The applicant must work in Greece.

No No

2 Insurance The applicant must be subject to compulsory insurance with e-EFKA.

No No

3 Professional The applicant must be engaged in one of the following professions: construction worker, quarryman, lime kiln worker, brickmaker, potter, forestry worker, resin collector, tobacco worker, musician who is a member of the relevant professional union, shoemaker, employee of the shipbuilding and repair sector, operator of excavating, lifting, road-building and drilling machinery, actor, cinema and television technician, cinema operator and assistant operator, cinema and theatre inspector, cinema and theatre cashier, employee of the tourism and catering sector, or emery miner.

No No

4 Professional Employees of the shipbuilding and repair zone are also beneficiaries, provided they are covered by compulsory insurance with e-EFKA, when they provide their work in companies established in Greece and active in one or more EU Member States (Article 14(1) of Law 3762/2009, Government Gazette, Series I, No 75 of 15.05.2009).

Yes Yes

5 Labour Pensioners as of 10 September, who in the previous year practised one of the above professions and meet the conditions for receiving the allowance, are entitled to the seasonal allowance provided that the pension they receive (main and supplementary) is lower than the minimum pension granted by e-EFKA to its insured persons in the year of payment of the allowance.

Yes Yes

6 Insurance In the calendar year preceding the year of payment of the allowance, the applicant must have completed between fifty (50) and two hundred and ten (210) days of insurance in his or her sector.

No No

7 Insurance For the emery miners of Naxos, fifty (50) to two hundred and forty (240) days of insurance in their sector are required.

Yes Yes

8 Insurance Employees in tourism and catering professions must have completed at least seventy-five (75) days of paid employment in the calendar year preceding the year of payment of the allowance, and no more than fifty (50) days of paid employment in the period from 1 October to 31 December of the preceding calendar year.

Yes Yes

9 Insurance For operators of excavating, lifting, road-building and similar machinery, between seventy (70) and two hundred and ten (210) days of insurance in their sector are required.

Yes Yes

10 Insurance For construction workers, employment must be exclusively in the sector, and in the calendar year preceding the year of payment of the allowance they must have worked exclusively in construction for between ninety-five (95) and (210) days. The above days include the 20% increase and the corresponding days of leave. Essentially, this means that insured persons who work between seventy-three (73) and one hundred and sixty-three (163) actual working days are entitled to the benefit. In addition, applicants must not be contractors or subcontractors of construction work employing more than three (3) employees.

Yes Yes

11 Insurance The total number of days worked during the calendar year preceding payment must not exceed two hundred and forty (240) days.

No No

12 Insurance Any wages earned in other sectors during the calendar year preceding the payment must not exceed those earned in the professional sector for which the benefit is being requested.

No No

13 Insurance The applicant must have the status of employee in the relevant sector during the period of payment of the allowance (10 September to 30 November).

No No

14 Educational Beneficiaries who participate in vocational training programmes of DYPA (formerly OAED) and receive a training allowance are deprived of the special seasonal allowance in the year in which most of their training takes place (article 37(5A) of Law 1836/1989).

No No

15 Labour Those who meet the requirements for a regular benefit at the time of payment of the allowance are not eligible for the allowance. If the regular unemployment benefit falls within the period of payment of the allowance (10 September to 30 November), the seasonal allowance is offset against the corresponding amount of regular unemployment benefit.

No No

1 Authorisation or notarial power of attorney of a third party from the direct interested party. Enabling act

Authorisation or notarial power of attorney of a third party from the direct interested party.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-exousiodoteses

Submission by: Presented by the applicant, Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Relevant Procedure: Authorisation and Electronic Authorisation

Notes: An authorisation or power of attorney from the person directly concerned to the person whom they authorise to act on their behalf for the purpose of carrying out the procedure in question, which shall also apply to the individual actions which may be required, provided that these actions are sufficiently described in the body of the authorisation or power of attorney.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Administrative

No 3070

2 Solemn declaration concerning applicants with categories (apart from construction workers) Solemn Declaration

Solemn declaration concerning applicants with categories (apart from construction workers)

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration

Notes: The applicant declares, as applicable, that he or she: is engaged exclusively in the profession of his or her sector, is not participating in a training programme of DYPA (formerly OAED), the greater part of which falls within the year of payment, does not receive a pension (main and supplementary) equal to or greater than the minimum old-age pension of EFKA (formerly IKA–ETAM) – must have reached the age of 18.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Professional

No 7320

3 Solemn declaration for applicants who are construction workers Solemn Declaration

Solemn declaration for applicants who are construction workers

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration

Notes: The applicant declares, as applicable, that he or she: is engaged exclusively in the profession of construction worker, is not participating in a training programme of DYPA (formerly OAED), the greater part of which falls within the year of payment, does not employ more than three (3) employees as a contractor or subcontractor, does not receive a pension (main and supplementary) equal to or greater than the minimum old-age pension of EFKA (formerly IKA-ETAM) – must have reached the age of 15.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Professional

Alternative document of: 2

Yes 7320

4 Certificate of the relevant professional association of musicians, dancers and technicians employed in live audiovisual events Certificate

Certificate of the relevant professional association of musicians, dancers and technicians employed in live audiovisual events

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Musicians are required to submit proof of their registration with the relevant professional association.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Professional

No 9703

5 Machinery operator’s licence (clear photocopy) Work Permit

Machinery operator’s licence (clear photocopy)

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: In the case of operators of lifting and similar machinery, submission of the operator’s licence (licence to practise the profession) is required.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Professional

No 9197

6 Residence permit Residence Permit

Residence permit

Submission by: Ex officio (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: In the case of third-country nationals, the data from the residence permit or the certificate of submission of the electronic application for renewal of the residence permit, granting access to the labour market for paid employment and for independent services or works (contractors, subcontractors, etc.), are obtained from the Ministry of the Interior.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Citizenship

No 4178

7 Tax clearance statement of the previous year Tax certificates

Tax clearance statement of the previous year

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: The data from the tax office clearance statement are obtained from the General Secretariat for Information Systems of Public Administration (GSISPA).

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7140

8 Individual insurance account Proof of Insurance

Individual insurance account

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: The insurance data are cross-checked by the electronic system of e-EFKA (formerly IKA-ETAM). Applicants are required to submit them only in cases where they are insured notionally (e.g. forestry workers, actors, emery miners of Naxos).

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7210

9 Proof of bank account IBAN Proof of Bank account

Proof of bank account IBAN

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: A photocopy of the first page of the passbook of the bank account in which the applicant is the primary beneficiary, showing the deposit account number (IBAN). This supporting document is attached or submitted only if it has not been declared previously for any benefit of the Organisation or if it has changed.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Other

No 6714

10 Tax Identification Number (TIN) Proof of Tax number

Tax Identification Number (TIN)

Submission by: Presented by the applicant

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: If the application is submitted in person at a KEP, a simple statement of the applicant’s TIN is required.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Other

No 5392

11 Social security number (AMKA) Proof of Insurance

Social security number (AMKA)

Submission by: Presented by the applicant

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: If the application is submitted in person at a KEP, a simple indication of the applicant’s AMKA is required.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Other

No 7210

12 Certificate from the relevant authority to prove the place of residence Certificate

Certificate from the relevant authority to prove the place of residence

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Certificate from the relevant authority proving the place of residence for the professional category of emery miners in Naxos, in accordance with Ministerial Decision No 30659/31.03.1989.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Establishment

No 9703

Law 22 & 37 1836 1989 79 Α

Description Establishment of a Special Seasonal Allowance for workers in specific sectors.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/1/1989/79/pdf

Ministerial Decision 30659 1989 239 Β

Description Special allowance for similar occupational categories and individual insured persons.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/1989/239/pdf

Ministerial Decision 33142 1998 237 Β

Description Terms and conditions for the payment of seasonal allowance to theatre/cinema ushers.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/1998/237/pdf

1 Receipt and registration of application

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The Head of the competent KPA2 service receives, through the Integrated Information System (OPS), the application submitted through the electronic services of DYPA or through a KEP and assigns it for processing to the competent employee of the Insurance and Social Policies office/department.

No No

2 Processing of the application by the competent employee

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The competent employee to whom the processing of the application is assigned by the Head examines the application, checking the attached supporting documents and the fulfilment of the conditions, and recommends approval or rejection of the application. If necessary, they contact the interested party for any necessary clarifications/corrections or to request any additional supporting document deemed necessary for the issuance of the decision. The application is then sent for review to the competent employee - reviewer.

No No

3 Review of the application by the competent employee - reviewer

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The employee assigned the role of reviewer checks the application and the recommendation of the previous employee, which they may either approve or reject. The application is then sent for final review and decision issuance to the Head of KPA2.

No No

4 Review by the Head and issuance of decision

Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description The Head of KPA2 conducts the final review of the application and of the recommendations of the competent employees, which they either approve or reject, issuing the final decision of the service.

Yes No

5 Issuance of approval decision for inclusion in the subsidy

Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description If the review by the Head also shows that the conditions for granting the benefit are met, an Approval Decision for Inclusion in the Subsidy is issued.

Yes No

6 One-off payment of amount

Responsible for Implementation Software

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description One-off crediting of the amount to the beneficiaries’ prepaid cards.

Yes Yes

7 Issuance of decision rejecting the subsidy

Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Notes If the final review by the Head also shows that the conditions for granting the benefit are not met, a rejection decision is issued.

Yes Yes

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Difference between revisions of "ΔΔ:Public Employment Service (DYPA) special seasonal allowance"

Revision as of 14:30, 31 July 2026

At a glance

Points of service

Digital provision points

Number of required documents

Fees

Estimated Time

Description

Basic information

Competent body

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

Provided to

Related links

Notes

Last update

Application

Application Type

Submission by:

Submitted by:

Title

Relevant link

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Output & Results

Output

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Official title

Languages supported

Registries updated

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Trigger

Trigger (submission method)

Life events

Type

End of Process

Other Taxonomies

Terms of Use

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