A three-year-old child: one week with the father, one week with the mother – Shared custody under Thessaloniki Court of Appeal judgment 1266/2026

A three-year-old child will live one week with his father and one week with his mother. By judgment 1266/2026 of the Single-Member Court of Appeal of Thessaloniki, the appeal of the father, represented by our law office, was upheld. The Court of Appeal set aside the first-instance judgment that had granted sole custody to the mother and awarded custody to both parents jointly, with the child alternating residence week by week. Holidays and vacations are split equally, while the parent who does not have the child in a given week sees him every Tuesday and Thursday. What the Court held: Since Law 4800/2021, joint exercise of parental responsibility is the… Read More

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Judgment 394/2019 of the Administrative Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki – Suspension of enforcement of a fine of €8,400

Judgment 394/2019 of the Administrative Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki, granting the application for suspension and ordering the suspension of enforcement of a fine imposed by the competent officer of e-EFKA (social security audit centre of Central Macedonia) in respect of the amount of 8,400€

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Judgment 9417/2019 – New mother pressured into resigning within 18 months of childbirth: dismissal declared void due to changes in working hours

Judgment 9417/2020 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki, declaring the termination of the employment contract void and ordering the defendant employer to pay, with interest, the wages due for the period of default and compensation for non-pecuniary damage, while declaring the judgment provisionally enforceable.

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Judgment 1099/2016 – Defendant ordered to pay Christmas and Easter bonuses, holiday pay and allowances, hourly wages increased by 75% for Sundays and public holidays, and severance pay

Judgment 1099/2016 of the Magistrates’ Court of Thessaloniki in an employment dispute, ordering the defendant to pay Christmas and Easter bonuses, holiday pay and allowances, hourly wages increased by 75% for Sundays and public holidays, and severance pay.

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Judgment 264/2018 – At least 20 months of unpaid wages. Lawful, non-abusive withholding of work. 14 months of wages for the period of default!

Judgment 264/2018 of the Magistrates’ Court of Thessaloniki in an employment dispute, upholding the employees’ action and ordering the defendant employer company to pay: earned wages, Christmas bonus, holiday allowance, holiday pay and the hourly wage supplement for the days on which the employees worked at night, on Sundays or on public holidays.

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IN SUPPORT OF THE 192 CONTRACT WORKERS AND REBUTTING THE UNHEARD-OF ARGUMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL OF 15.4.2019

Deputy Mayors (!!) said unheard-of things, namely that the 192 contract workers could not be paid if we, as the City Council, withdrew the appeal. Article 33 of Law 4305/2014 provides that “2. By way of exception, appointment/recruitment to a personal post established for that purpose is permitted exclusively where the administration complies with a court judgment … provided that at the time of their appointment/recruitment there are no or insufficient corresponding vacant posts, or the prior redistribution of vacant staff posts under paragraph 5 of article 54 of Law 4178/2013 is not possible.” For the record, we managed to withdraw the appeal, and the 192 contract workers are working… Read More

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My speech in support of the 192 contract workers of the Municipality of Thessaloniki at the City Council of 15.4.2019

We went ahead and brought the matter back to the next City Council meeting on 15 April 2019. For the first time, the meeting was called for 3:00 pm. Lazaros Zachariadis, the councillor in charge of cleaning, with powers essentially those of a Deputy Mayor for Cleaning, after endless work and excellent coordination of the competent directorates, presented with figures, charts, numbers and data why these employees were necessary for cleaning. He made it clear that we needed even more cleaning staff, as the Municipality’s organisational chart provided for even more vacant posts.  The 192 contract workers were vindicated. Clearly and fairly, simply by patiently cleaning up after us every… Read More

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My speech in support of the 192 contract workers of the Municipality of Thessaloniki at the City Council of 1.4.2019

A marathon session, during which almost all of us councillors were in favour of the 192 cleaning contract workers, with very few exceptions who shared the views of Yiannis Boutaris, who was entirely against the contract workers! My difference from Yiannis Boutaris was clear and strong. The relentless procedural obstacles raised by Yiannis Boutaris’ close associates will at some point be the subject of an article of mine.

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My actions as President of the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Thessaloniki

At the Thessaloniki City Council. We present the artistic and musical events we held at the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Thessaloniki during my presidency (2/2018-8/2019). During this term we revived the well-known Villa Petridi (the pink listed building opposite the Courts), where we held many events both for our residents and workshops with internationally renowned musicians for the students of our Conservatory.

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