Public Employment Service (DYPA) special seasonal allowance
DYPA (formerly OAED) special seasonal allowance
Application for inclusion in the special seasonal allowance programme
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
The applicant must be subject to compulsory insurance with e-EFKA.
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.
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).
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.
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.
For the emery miners of Naxos, fifty (50) to two hundred and forty (240) days of insurance in their sector are required.
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.
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.
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.
The total number of days worked during the calendar year preceding payment must not exceed two hundred and forty (240) days.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Authorisation or notarial power of attorney of a third party from the direct interested party.
Solemn declaration concerning applicants with categories (apart from construction workers)
Solemn declaration for applicants who are construction workers
Certificate of the relevant professional association of musicians, dancers and technicians employed in live audiovisual events
Machinery operator’s licence (clear photocopy)
Tax clearance statement of the previous year
Certificate from the relevant authority to prove the place of residence
Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes
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.
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.
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.
Musicians are required to submit proof of their registration with the relevant professional association.
In the case of operators of lifting and similar machinery, submission of the operator’s licence (licence to practise the profession) is required.
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.
The data from the tax office clearance statement are obtained from the General Secretariat for Information Systems of Public Administration (GSISPA).
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).
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.
If the application is submitted in person at a KEP, a simple statement of the applicant’s TIN is required.
If the application is submitted in person at a KEP, a simple indication of the applicant’s AMKA is required.
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.
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.
Promotion of employment, vocational training and other provisions.
Beneficiaries of the special seasonal allowance.
Addition of the profession of theatre/cinema usher to the list of beneficiaries of seasonal allowance.
Special allowance for similar occupational categories and individual insured persons.
Time of payment of the special seasonal allowance.
On the required number of working days for the payment of the special seasonal allowance.
Required working days for the payment of allowance to the emery miners of Naxos.
Terms and conditions for the payment of seasonal allowance to theatre/cinema ushers.
Determination of the procedure for the payment of the special seasonal allowance under Article 22 of Law 1836/1989 and amendment of Joint Ministerial Decision ΔΙΑΔΠ/Α/12604/4.7.2003 ‘Determination of administrative procedures under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (DYPA, formerly OAED) and their corresponding forms, which are also processed through Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP)’, (Government Gazette, Series II, No 927.
Provisions on the special seasonal allowance.
Determination of administrative procedures under the responsibility of DYPA (formerly OAED) concerning the issuance of certificates, submission of benefit applications and renewal of unemployment cards, which may also be processed through Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP), and repeal of ΔΙΑΔΠ/Α/12604 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 927 of 2003), as amended by article 4(3) of 13908/21 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 1521 of 15.04.2021). (https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20210201521)
Payment of the special seasonal allowance for the year 2023, to the categories under article 22 of Law 1836/1989, as in force.
For any complaint concerning the organisation, the applicant may send a message to the email address kataggelies@oaed.gr, complete the relevant form on the DYPA website, or contact the regional directorates of the organisation.
The service is provided through a KEP and electronically through the gov.gr single digital portal. https://www.gov.gr/upourgeia/upourgeio-ergasias-kai-koinonikon-upotheseon/demosia-uperesia-apaskholeses-d-up/eidiko-epokhiko-boethema-oaed
Selection of method of service processing (electronically or via a Citizens’ Service Centre (KEP))
Completeness check of the requirements and supporting documents
Accessing the platform for the submission of DYPA requests
Scanning of supporting documents and sending them to the competent KPA2 via email
Registration and assignment of reference number to the application
Receipt of reference number by the applicant
Informing the applicant and payment of the amount
Entry in the gov.gr single digital portal
Enter the IBAN of the new account and attach proof, or confirmation of the applicant's address and bank account details.