Europe · Verified annual-leave guide

🇬🇷Greece

The annual-leave basis is 20 working days for a five-day week (24 for a six-day week), increasing by one working day for each year after the first up to 22 days on a five-day schedule.

Statutory paid annual leave20 working days on a 5-day week initially, rising to 22Annual-leave context

Comparable 5-day-week equivalent20 days at year 1; 22 at 5 years; 22 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.

Official sourceVerifiedGreece — Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

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Public-holiday planning

Use the planner to place annual leave immediately before or after public holidays and weekends; then confirm the exact holiday calendar and entitlement with your employer before booking.

Legal basis and comparison method

The annual-leave basis is 20 working days for a five-day week (24 for a six-day week), increasing by one working day for each year after the first up to 22 days on a five-day schedule.

Equivalent by service length

1st year / first full entitlement	20 days
2 years	21 days
5 years	22 days
10 years	22 days
20+ years	22 days

Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Greece — Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

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