ABSTRACT
The chapter starts with the presentation of the legislative framework, national, EU and international regulating in Greece the prohibition of discrimination in employment and occupation. This normative prohibition is analysed in the context of its relationship with the general principle of equality and its specific manifestation of equal treatment, as well as with the contractual freedom of the social partners. After this contextual analysis, the paper dwells on the scope and applicability of the prohibition of discrimination under Greek law, in particular the distinction between direct (overt and covert) and indirect discrimination; the equal pay for equal work principle; and the relationship between harassment and discrimination. The chapter studies also the circumstances which under Greek law may justify discrimination, positive or negative. The presentation concludes with the legal consequences of the disrespect of the prohibition of discrimination, including the question of the burden of proof.
