Due to the economic crisis, Greece issued new law
allowing dismissal of a person with indefinite contract during a probation period
of 12 months without notice (§§ 8, 14). The European Social Rights Committee
reminded the Greek Government that in the general introduction to its
Conclusions XIX-2 (2009) the Committee dismissed any possibility of reducing social rights during an economic crisis, since it is the time when the
beneficiaries need the protection most (§ 16).
The Greek Government tried to maintain that the trial
nature of the period justifies the initial instability of employment (§§
23-24), but the Committee replied that the concept of trial period may not be
interpreted so broadly that the notice and severance pay guarantee would become
ineffective (§ 26).
Thus, Greece violated Article 4(4) on the right to
reasonable dismissal notice of the European Social Charter.
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