COMPARATIVE MATRIX

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Civil Service Commission Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and
Decentralization
EO 292 CODE OF CIVIL SERVANTS LAW 2683/1999
LEGAL BASIS
 Administer and enforce the constitutional and statutory The objective of the Present Code is to establish unified and
provisions on the merit system for all levels and ranks in uniform rules governing the hiring and status of civil
the Civil Service; administrative servants, on the basis of principles of
meritocracy and social solidarity, and the safeguarding of the
 Prescribe, amend and enforce rules and regulations for maximum possible productivity in their word.
carrying into effect the provisions of the Civil Service
Laws and other pertinent laws; The function of the Independent Administrative Authority for
hiring, the National Public Administration School and
 Promulgate policies, standards and guidelines for the Personnel Training Institute, in the framework of the National
Civil Service and adopt plans and programs to promote Public Administration Center, contributes to the realization of
economical, efficient and effective personnel the objective set.
administration in the government;

 Formulate policies and regulations for the

administration, maintenance and implementation of
position classification and compensation and set
standards for the establishment, allocation and
reallocation of pay scales, classes and positions;

 Render opinion and rulings on all personnel and other

Civil Service matters which shall be binding on all head of
departments, offices and agencies and which may be
brought to the Supreme Court on certiorari;

 Appoint and discipline its officials and employees in

GENERAL FUNCTIONS accordance with law and exercise control and
supervision over the activities of the Commission;

 Control, supervise and coordinate Civil Service

examinations. Any entity or official in government may
be called upon by the Commission to assist in the
preparation and conduct of said examinations including
security, use of buildings and facilities as well as
personnel and transportation of examination materials
which shall be exempt from inspection regulations;

 Prescribe all forms for Civil Service examinations,

appointment, reports and such other forms as may be
required by law, rules and regulations;

 Declare positions in the Civil Service as may properly be

primarily confidential, highly technical or policy
determining;

 Formulate, administer and evaluate programs relative to

the development and retention of qualified and
competent work force in the public service;

 Hear and decide administrative cases instituted by or

brought before it directly or on appeal, including
contested appointments, and review decisions and
 action of its offices and of the agencies attached to it.
Officials and employees who fail to comply with such
decisions, orders, or rulings shall be liable for contempt
of the Commission. Its decisions, orders or rulings shall
be final and executory. Such decisions, orders, or rulings
may be brought to Supreme Court on certiorari by the
aggrieved party within thirty (30) days from receipt of
the copy thereof;

 Issues subpoena and subpoena duces tecum for the

production of documents and records pertinent to
investigations and inquiries conducted by it in
accordance with its authority conferred by the
Constitution and pertinent laws;

 Advise the President on all matters involving personnel

management in the government service and submit to
the President an annual report on the personnel
programs;

 Take appropriate actions on all appointments and other

personnel matters in the Civil Service including extension
of service beyond retirement age;

 Inspect and audit the personnel actions and programs of

the departments, agencies, bureaus, offices, local
government including government-owned or controlled
corporations; conduct periodic review of the decisions
and actions of offices or officials to whom authority has
been delegated by the Commission as well as the
conduct of the officials and the employees in these
offices and apply appropriate sanctions whenever
necessary;

 Delegate authority for the performance of any functions

to departments, agencies and offices where such
functions may be effectively performed;

 Administer the retirement program of government

officials and employees, and accredit government
services and evaluate qualification for retirement;

 Keep and maintain personnel records of all officials and

employees in the Civil Service; and

 Perform all functions properly belonging to a central

personnel agency such as other functions as may be
provided by law.
The Civil Service embraces all branches, Civil administrative servants working for the State and legal
instrumentalities, and agencies of the Govt. including persons of public law come under the provisions of the Present
gocc with original charters Code.
SCOPE OF THE CIVIL
Positions I the Civil Service shall be classified into career Civil servants or functionaries working for the State or legal
SERVICE
and non-career service persons of public law and governed by special provisions
pertaining thereto pursuant to a constitutional or legislative
regulation, as well as civil servants working for local
government agencies , are subject to those provisions
 contained in the present code to which the special statues
governing them make reference.
Career Service 1. Civil servants are appointed by decisions of competent
1.Open career positions for appointment to which prior Minister, unless the law provides otherwise.
qualification in an appropriate examination is required; 2. Civil servants working legal persons of public law are
2. Closed career positions which are scientific, or highly appointed by decision of the supreme one-member
technical in nature; shall establish and maintain their administration organ thereof, and, in the absence of such a
COMPETENCE TO ISSUE own merit systems. body.
AND TYPE OF 3. Positions in Career Executive Service are appointed by 3. Any existing provisions providing for the appointment by
APPOINTMENT ACT the President decisions of another body, will remain in effect.
4. Commission officers and enlisted men of the Armed
Forces which shall maintain a separate merit system.

An appointment issued in accordance with pertinent Successful candidates whose names are included in the list of
laws and rules shall take effect immediately on the date appointees, must be appointed with thirty (30) days from the
it was signed by the appointing officer/authority. The date of the expiration of the time-limit allowed for the
date of signing shall be indicated below the signature of submission of the supporting documents and at latest within
the appointing officer/authority in the appointment four (4) months of the issue of the list of appointees.
OBLIGATION TO
form.
APPOINTMENT/NATURE
OF APPOINTMENT
The date of the appointment shall not fall on Saturday,
Sunday or holiday, except in cases where date of
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issuance is specifically provided in a special such as in the
appointment of personal and confidential staff of
Constitutional officials and elective officials and where
the service should not constitute a gap such as in transfer
and reappointment.
Classes of Positions in the Career Service The appointed civil servant will enter the civil service holding
the starting rank provided for the relevant branch.
(a) The first shall include clerical, trades, crafts, and
custodial service positions which involve non- Exceptionally, persons with increased formal and material
professional or sub professional work in non-supervisory qualifications may be appointed to a higher than the starting
or supervisory capacity requiring less than four years of rank, provided this is set forth in special provisions.
collegiate studies;
CATEGOTRY OF CIVIL
SERVANTS
(b) The second level shall include professional, technical,
and scientific positions which involve professional,
technical, or scientific work in a non-supervisory or
supervisory capacity requiring at least four years of
college work up to Division Chief level; and

(c) The third level shall cover positions in the CES.

Recruitment and Selection of Employees –
1. Open to all qualified citizens. Selected based on merit
and fitness.
2. vacancy in the first level: the employees in the
department who occupy the next lower positions in the
occupational group under which the vacant position is
RECRUITMENT AND classified with appropriate civil service eligibility
SELECTION 3. Vacancy in second level in the career service:
employees in the government service who occupy the
next lower position in the occupational group who are
competent and qualified shall be considered for
promotion.
4., each department or agency shall evolve its own
screening process, which may include tests of fitness, in
The hiring proceedings are carried out by an independent
administrative authority. The Ministry of the Interior, Public
Administration and Decentralization coordinates the human
resources planning in the framework of the general
government policy according to the actual needs of the
services. The filling of vacancies is governed by the principles
of equal participation opportunities, meritocracy, objectivity,
social solidarity, transparency and publicity. The filling of
vacancies takes place by public competition, in writing and
exceptionally oral, or according to the order of precedence on
the basis of clearly defined criteria. The hiring proceedings
require prior announcement, which must be published in a
special issue of the official Gazette of the Hellenic Republic. A
summary of the announcement is published in the Press and
 accordance with standards and guidelines set by the
Commission.
5. If the vacancy is not filled by promotion as provided
herein the same shall be filled by transfer of present
employees in the government service, by reinstatement,
by re-employment of persons separated through
reduction in force, or by appointment of persons with
the civil service eligibility appropriate to the positions.
6. A qualified next-in-rank employee shall have the right
to appeal initially to the Secretaries or heads of agencies
or instrumentalities including government-owned or
controlled corporations with original charters, then to
the Merit System Protection Board, and finally to the
Civil Service Commission an appointment made in favor
of another employee if the appellant is not satisfied with
the written special reason or reason given by the
appointing authority for such appointment.
7. Qualification in an appropriate examination shall be
required for appointment to positions in the first and
second levels in the career service in accordance with
the Civil Service rules, except as otherwise provided in
this Title.
8.) The appropriate examinations herein referred to shall
be those given by the Commission and the different
agencies.
Publication and Posting of Vacant Positions - vacant
positions in the career service, including vacant
executive/managerial in the second that are authorized
to be filled, together with their corresponding
qualification standards and plantilla period of at least ten
(10) calendar days for NGA's, SUCs and GOCCs with
original charters in accordance with provisions of RA NO.
7041 and its implementing guidelines, and not less than
PUBLICATION AND fifteen (15) calendar days for local government units
POSTING OF VACANT pursuant to Section 80 (1), Title Tree, Book 1 of RA No.
POSITIONS 7160 .
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATION
broadcasted by other mass media. Civil servants are appointed
by decision of the competent Minister, unless the law provides
otherwise. A summary of the appointment act will be
published in the Official Gazette and notified to the appointee
at the latest within thirty days from the date of publication.
Civil servants of the public sector and civil servants working for
legal persons of public law and appointed to posts provided by
law will be required to spend a two year trial period of
probation, during which they may be dismissed on grounds
pertaining to their s three months of the completion of the
probation period, the civil service council is required to decide
whether the civil servants on probation qualify for
permanency. Civil servants qualifying for permanency become
permanent by act of the body responsible for their
appointment. The Code further regulates the possibility of
reassignments from one unit to another under the same
authority, the transfer upon request of civil servant or ex
officio by the service as well as secondments in cases of
serious and urgent temporary official needs. Source: Code of
Civil Servants (Law 2683/1999)
Promotion According to Article 82 of the Code, civil servants
are promoted to the immediately following rank if they have
completed the required time of service at their current rank
and if they have the material qualifications for the post. Years
of service in one rank and time of promotion are regulated in
article 81 of the Code. Source: Code of Civil Servants (Law
2683/1999)
Remuneration The salary is determined on a monthly basis and
aims to allow civil servants to live decently. Any additional
salaries or emoluments of kind of the civil servants may not
exceed the total salary received per month from their post
which is provided by law. Salary is paid in advance at the
beginning of each fortnight. Source: Code of Civil Servants
(Law 2683/1999)
Civil services and legal persons of public law plan on an annual
basis their needs in ordinary staff, upon the opinion of the
relevant trade union.
The ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and
Decentralization, in the framework of the general government
policy, coordinates the human resources planning according
to the actual needs of the services.
Manner of Filling – The filling of vacancies is governed by the
principles of equal participation opportunities, meritocracy,
objectivity, social solidarity, transparency and publicity. The
filling of vacancies takes place by public competition, in writing
and exceptionally oral, or according to the order of
precedence on the basis of clearly defined criteria, pursuant
to the principles of Article 1 of the present and as determined
by law. Special provisions regulating the exceptional
appointment of civil servants without compliance with
provisions will remain and effect.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
 1. Education
2. Experience
3. Training
4. Eligibility
The Commission shall be responsible for the
coordination and integration of a continuing program of
personnel development for all government personnel in
the first and second levels.
Central staff agencies and specialized institutes shall
conduct continuing centralized training for staff
specialists from the different agencies. However, in
those cases where there is sufficient number of
participants to warrant training at department or agency
or local government levels, such central staff agencies
and specialized institutes shall render the necessary
assistance, and consultative services.
TRAINING
SUMMARY: THROUGH DIFFERENT TRAINING INSTITUTES
(e.g. CSI)
1. Nationality
2. Military Service
3. Appointment age – min. of 21 maximum of 30 years
4. Good Health
5. No criminal record
6. Education
Service Training constitutes a right for civil servants. Training is
effected through the participation of the civil servants in
introductory training programs, personnel training programs,
further training programs and post-graduate studies programs
or courses.
Article 47 of the Code stipulates that service training
constitutes a right for civil servants. Training is effected
through the participation of the civil servants in introductory
training programs, personnel training programs, further
training programs and post-graduate studies program or
courses. These programs take place in the framework of the
national Public administration center according to the
effective provisions. Introductory training is compulsory, takes
place during the civil servants` period of probation. Personnel
training may be general or offer specialization in the subject
matter of the civil servants duties. The participation in the
personnel training may also be compulsory. Further training
aims to equip civil servants with the specialized knowledge
necessary towards the performance of their duties. It takes
place at public or private institutes in Greece or abroad. Post-
graduate studies take place through the participation of civil
servants in postgraduate programs or courses in recognized
Greek or foreign Universities

SUMMARY: THROUGH UNIVERSITIES

RA 6713 A civil servant, both in and out of service, must behave in such
Sec. 4 “Norms of Conducts of Public Officials and a manner as to be worthy of the public trust.
Employees”
A civil servant, in the performance of his duties, must behave
a) Commitment to public interest with proprietary to the administered persons and to serve
b) Professionalism them in the dispatch of their cases.
CIVIL SERVANTS CONDUCT
c) Justness and sincerity
d) Political neutrality A civil servant, in the performance of his duties, is not allowed
e) Responsiveness to the public to make decimations in favor or against of the citizens, on the
f) Nationalism and patriotism ground of their political, philosophical or religious beliefs.
g) commitment to democracy
h) simple living
In the performance of their duties, all public officials and Civil servants perform the duties of their branch of their
employees are under obligation to: branch or specialization
(a) Act promptly on letters and requests.
(b) Submit annual performance reports In cases of pressing official need, which cannot be covered
(c) Process documents and papers expeditiously. otherwise, civil servants may be assigned duties of another
(d) Act immediately on the public's personal branch or specialization. In such cases, civil servants may be
DUTIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS
transactions. assigned tasks relevant to their own specialization or duties,
(e) Make documents accessible to the public. for which they have the required expertise or skills.

The assignment of para.2 may only be permitted for a period

of time of up to two (2) months and upon the civil service
council’s reasoned decision, up to six (6) more moths
BENEFITS BENEFITS
REWARDS AND BENEFIT
1. Per Diem
 2. Overtime Pay
3. Night Shift Differential Pay
4. Sick Leave
5. Parental Leave (Paternity,Maternity,Solo-Parent)
6. Other Leaves (Gynecological Leave, Leave for Women
and their children who are victim of violence, )
7. 13th month pay
8. Separation Pay
9. Retirement Pay
10.SSS
11. Philhealth
12. home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
REWARDS AND INCENTIVES
1. Honor Awards Program
2. Pamanang Lingkod Bayani
3. Programs on Awards and Incentives for Service
Excellence
4. Performance Incentives Bonus
SECURITY Right to Security of Tenure
1 Appointment through certification. issued to a person
who has been selected from a list of qualified persons
certified by the Commission from an appropriate register
of eligibles, and who meets all the other requirements of
the position.
2. Promotion. movement from one position to another
with an increase in duties and responsibilities
3. Transfer. A transfer is a movement from one position
to another which is of equivalent rank, level, or salary
without break in service involving the issuance of an
4. Reinstatement. Any person who has been permanently
appointed to a position in the career service and who
has, through no delinquence or misconduct, been
PERSONNEL ACTIONS separated therefrom, may be reinstated to a position in
the same level for which he is qualified.
5. Reemployment. Names of persons who have been
appointed permanently to positions in the career service
and who have been separated as a result of reduction in
force or reorganization, shall be entered in a list from
which selection for reemployment shall be made.
6. Detail. movement of an employee from one agency to
another without the issuance of an appointment and
shall be allowed, only for a limited period
7).Reassignment. An employee may be reassigned from
one organizational unit to another in the same agency:
Reassignment shall not involve a reduction in rank, status
or salary.
1. Professional Supervisory
2. Professional Non-Supervisory
3. Sub Professional Supervisory
4. Sub Professional Non-Supervisory
POSITION CLASSIFICATION
1. Maternity Leave – 2 months prior to giving birth and 3
months after giving birth
2. Convalescence Leave – “sick leave”
3. Health Care – Funeral Expenses
4. Official Studies Leave – leave for participation in further
training programs and post graduates programs
5. Vacation Leave
6. Special Leave: (5) working days in case of marriage, (3)
working days in case of death of spouse, 1 to 3 days in case of
exercising voting rights.
7. Unpaid Leave
8. Leave for Education and Scientific Reasons
9. Examination Leave
REWARDS
1. Commendation – Medal w/ diploma (exceptional acts
during time of servce)
2. Contentment - civil servants retiring after minimum of 30
years.
3. Reward of Proposal or Studies
4. Honorary Title Award – for 35 years of service
Right to Permanency
1. Placement – after appointment, are placed by decision of
the head of the relevant authority
2. Reassignment – may be reassigned from one unit to another
under the same authority by decisions of the head of that
authority
3. Transfer – may be transferred upon his request or ex officio
by the service, only when there is vacancy to be filed
4. Secondment – the secondment of civil servants of any form
of civil service of legal person of public law to another
ministrys or public law legal persons service in order for serios
and urgent temporary official needs to be covered, may take
place by decisions of the competent ministers, upon the
opinion of the relevant service councils.
5. Resignation
6. Reinstatement – civil servant who has forfeited his office will
be reinstated provided revoking all the consequences of
penalty issued.
7. Promotion
1. Special Posts Category (SP)
Additional Q. (special provisions)
2. Posts in the University Studies Category (US)
Additional Q. Greek University Graduate
3. Posts in Technological Studies Category (TS)
Additional Q. Greek technological institute graduate
4. Posts in Secondary Education Category (SE)
Additional Q. secondary graduate

Protection of the Right to Organize
Govt. employees shall not be discriminated against in
respect of their employment by reason of their
membership in employees’ organizations or
participation in the normal activities of their
organizations. Their employment shall not be subject to
the condition that they shall not join or shall relinquish
their membership in the employee’s organization.
STRIKE
Government authorities shall not interfere in the
establishment, functioning or administration of
government authority.
Each department or agency shall promulgate rules and
regulations governing expeditious, fair and equitable
adjustment of employees’ complaints or grievances in
accordance with the policies enunciated by the
DISCIPLINARIAN OFFICES
Commission.
If remains unsolved, the Public Sector Labor
Management Council is referred
5. Posts in Compulsory Education Category (CE)
Additional Q. lower technical school graduate
Trade Union Freedom and Right to Strike
The freedom to unionize and the unimpeded exercise of the
associate rights are guaranteed to civil servants.
Civil servants are free to establish trade union organizations,
to become members and exercise their trade union rights.
Strike constitutes a right for civil servants, exercised through
their trade unions as a means to safeguard and promote their
financial, labor, trade union, social and insurance interests as
a manifestation solidarity to other employees for the same
purposes. The right to strike is exercised pursuant to the
provisions of the law regulating it.
Trade union organizations are entitle to negotiate with
competent authorities in regard with terms, emoluments and
employment conditions of their members.
The following exercise disciplinary power on civil servants: a)
their superiors in the disciplinary hierarchy, b) the board of
directors of a legal person of public law in regard with that
legal persons employee, c) the service councils, and d) the
council of state