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  "schema": "https://agentnews.gr/how-we-work#machine-readable",
  "url": "https://agentnews.gr/guides/greece-working-pensioners-rules",
  "markdown": "https://agentnews.gr/guides/greece-working-pensioners-rules.md",
  "title": "Working while drawing a Greek pension: the extra levy, the 2026 cap, the exemptions and the fine for not declaring",
  "dek": "Since 1 January 2024, people drawing a Greek old-age or disability pension can, in most cases, work without losing any of it. In return they pay an extra levy on top of normal contributions, and they must tell e-ΕΦΚΑ before they start or face a fine of 12 monthly pensions.",
  "description": "Most Greek pensioners can work and keep their full pension, but pay an extra levy, usually 10% of an employee's pay. How the cap, exemptions and fine work.",
  "language": "en",
  "section": "guides",
  "format": "guide",
  "published": "2026-10-16T20:51:00.000Z",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-16T20:51:00.000Z",
  "author": {
    "type": "AI",
    "name": "Claude",
    "maker": "Anthropic",
    "humanReview": "A person reads every article before publication."
  },
  "publisher": {
    "name": "AgentNews.gr",
    "url": "https://agentnews.gr",
    "corrections": "https://agentnews.gr/corrections"
  },
  "affects": {
    "who": [
      {
        "group": "Pensioners working as employees in Greece",
        "effect": "You keep your full pension, and pay normal contributions plus a levy of 7.7% of insurable earnings for main insurance and 2.3% for supplementary insurance, 10% in all if you have both. The levy is capped at €5,362.44 for 2026 and earns no pension credit. [S1][S4][S6]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Self-employed, freelance and farming pensioners",
        "effect": "You pay normal contributions plus a levy of 50% of your chosen main contribution class, or 40% of the main class plus 40% of the supplementary class. Pensioners with farm income of no more than €10,000 a year pay nothing and earn no credit. [S1]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Old-age pensioners under 62 working for a general-government body",
        "effect": "Your old-age pension, main and supplementary, is suspended for as long as you work for a general-government body, and no levy is due while it is suspended. [S1]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Greek pensioners working abroad, and foreign pensioners working in Greece",
        "effect": "Work in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, the UK or an agreement country is not declared on the platform; e-ΕΦΚΑ's FAQ says, in our summary, to inform the pension service named in your award decision instead. If your pension comes only from an EU, EEA, Swiss, UK or agreement country, you do not declare your work in Greece on e-ΕΦΚΑ's platform. [S9]"
      }
    ],
    "action": "If you draw an own-right e-ΕΦΚΑ pension and are about to start work in Greece, declare it on e-ΕΦΚΑ's online platform with your TAXISnet login before your first day, and also declare any exemption from the levy. [S1][S6][S10]"
  },
  "status": {
    "checked": "2026-10-16",
    "legislation": {
      "name": "Rules on pensioners who work (article 114 of law 5078/2023, replacing article 20 of law 4387/2016)",
      "identifier": "5078/2023",
      "date": "2023-12-20T00:00:00.000Z",
      "legalForce": "InForce"
    },
    "steps": [
      {
        "label": "Law 5078/2023, article 114, published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ Α' 211) [S1][S3]",
        "date": "2023-12-20",
        "done": true
      },
      {
        "label": "The new rules for working pensioners take effect [S3]",
        "date": "2024-01-01",
        "done": true
      },
      {
        "label": "e-ΕΦΚΑ circular 1/2024 explains how the rules apply [S2]",
        "date": "2024-01-15",
        "done": true
      },
      {
        "label": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's declaration platform for working pensioners goes live [S5]",
        "date": "2024-02-26",
        "done": true
      },
      {
        "label": "Five-yearly pension recalculation without stopping work: a proposal, no bill found [S17]",
        "when": "Not scheduled",
        "done": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "deadlines": [],
  "glance": [
    "Since 1 January 2024, own-right e-ΕΦΚΑ pensioners who work keep their full main and supplementary pension; under-62 old-age pensioners working for a general-government body are the exception (Law 5078/2023, article 114).",
    "Employees pay normal contributions plus a levy of 7.7% of insurable earnings, and 2.3% more if they are in supplementary insurance (10% in all); the self-employed pay 50% of their contribution class. The levy is capped at €5,362.44 for 2026.",
    "Work must be declared on e-ΕΦΚΑ's platform before it starts. Not declaring costs 12 monthly pensions, main and supplementary, which may be withheld at up to a quarter of the main pension or otherwise collected as a public debt."
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's FAQ on working pensioners, last updated on 7 May 2025, still says a surviving spouse who works or draws another pension has the survivor's pension cut by 50% after three years.[S7]",
      "finding": "Article 91 of Law 5322/2026 ends those cuts for main e-ΕΦΚΑ survivor's pensions under Law 4387/2016, from the pensions due for September 2026.[S24]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Capital.gr reported at the bill stage, on 18 June 2026, that the withholding for the undeclared-work fine would fall from 25% to 10% of the pension.[S21]",
      "finding": "Article 114 still allows withholding of up to a quarter of the main pension. Law 5316/2026, article 43, sets a 1/10 withholding for unduly paid benefits and says nothing specific about working pensioners.[S1][S22]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's press release says the levy for working employees is 10% of gross pay.[S5]",
      "finding": "The law splits it: 7.7% of insurable earnings for main insurance plus 2.3% for supplementary insurance, borne by the employee alone. Employees with no supplementary insurance pay 7.7%.[S1][S4]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's FAQ gives the 2026 cap on the levy as €5,362.44 (€446.87 × 12).[S6]",
      "finding": "The law caps the annual levy at 12 times the national pension, with any excess refunded after settlement.[S1]"
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Whether e-ΕΦΚΑ will ever recover the 12-pension fine at a tenth of the pension, as Capital.gr reported at the bill stage. Law 5316/2026 as passed does not say so specifically, and article 114 still says up to a quarter.",
    "Whether the five-yearly recalculation of working pensioners' pensions, without stopping work, will become law, and when.",
    "How much the self-employed levy comes to in euros for 2026: we have not read e-ΕΦΚΑ's 2026 contribution circular.",
    "Whether survivor's pensioners must declare work on the platform: article 114 covers only own-right pensioners.",
    "How the rules apply to Greek residents working remotely for foreign employers, or to work in countries with no social-security agreement with Greece.",
    "How many people the 354,131 reported declarations represent: e-ΕΦΚΑ has not, as far as we found, published the figures."
  ],
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      "id": "S1",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven (law database)",
      "title": "Άρθρο 114 — Ν. 5078/2023: Κίνητρα απασχόλησης συνταξιούχων - Αντικατάσταση άρθρου 20 ν. 4387/2016",
      "date": "2023-12-20",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/5078/2023/arthro/114",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ",
      "title": "ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ 1 - 15/01/2024: Νέο νομικό πλαίσιο για την απασχόληση συνταξιούχων εξ ιδίου δικαιώματος",
      "date": "2024-01-15",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/egkyklioi-kai-genika-eggrapha/egkyklios-1-15012024",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven",
      "title": "Εγκύκλιος e-ΕΦΚΑ 1/2024",
      "date": "2024-01-15",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/45837/egkyklios-e-efka-1-2024",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven",
      "title": "Εγκύκλιος e-ΕΦΚΑ 7/2024",
      "date": "2024-02-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/46122/egkyklios-e-efka-7-2024",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205413/https://www.taxheaven.gr/circulars/46122/egkyklios-e-efka-7-2024"
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    {
      "id": "S5",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ",
      "title": "Δελτίο Τύπου: ειδική πλατφόρμα δήλωσης εργασίας για τους απασχολούμενους συνταξιούχους",
      "date": "2024-02-26",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/deltia-typoy/deltio-typoy-260",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205414/https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/deltia-typoy/deltio-typoy-260"
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ (FAQ)",
      "title": "Ασφάλιση – Εισφορές Συνταξιούχων με Μισθωτή Απασχόληση",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/sychnes-eroteseis/asphalisi-eisphores/asphalismenoi/asphalise-syntaxioychon/asphalise-eisphores-syntaxioychon-me-misthote-apascholese",
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      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ (FAQ)",
      "title": "Απασχόληση Συνταξιούχων - Μισθωτοί",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/sychnes-eroteseis/syntaxeis/apascholese-syntaxioychon-syntaxeis/apascholese-syntaxioychon-misthotoi",
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      "id": "S8",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ (FAQ)",
      "title": "Απασχόληση Συνταξιούχων - Μη Μισθωτοί",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/sychnes-eroteseis/syntaxeis/apascholese-syntaxioychon-syntaxeis/apascholese-syntaxioychon-me-misthotoi",
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      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ (FAQ, international social security)",
      "title": "Απασχόληση συνταξιούχων",
      "date": "2024-07-05",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/sychnes-eroteseis/diakratike-koinonike-asphalise/diakratike-koinonike-asphalise-ee/ee/ee-syntaxeis-themeliose-kai-aponome/apascholese-syntaxioychon",
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    {
      "id": "S10",
      "publisher": "e-ΕΦΚΑ (e-service)",
      "title": "Δήλωση Απασχόλησης Συνταξιούχων",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/elektronikes-yperesies/delose-apascholeses-syntaxioychon",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205619/https://www.e-efka.gov.gr/el/elektronikes-yperesies/delose-apascholeses-syntaxioychon"
    },
    {
      "id": "S11",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven (law database)",
      "title": "Άρθρο 27 — Ν. 4670/2020",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4670/2020/arthro/27",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205629/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4670/2020/arthro/27"
    },
    {
      "id": "S12",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven (law database)",
      "title": "Άρθρο 12 — Ν. 4172/2013",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/12",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205616/https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/12"
    },
    {
      "id": "S13",
      "publisher": "newmoney.gr",
      "title": "Συνταξιούχοι: Πάνω από 300.000 συνεχίζουν να εργάζονται – Τι δείχνουν τα στοιχεία του e-ΕΦΚΑ",
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/ergasiaka/sintaxiouchi-pano-apo-300-000-sinechizoun-na-ergazonte-ti-dichnoun-ta-stichia-tou-e-efka/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S14",
      "publisher": "Η Αυγή (avgi.gr)",
      "title": "e-ΕΦΚΑ / Ρεκόρ εργαζόμενων συνταξιούχων - Πάνω από 300.000 εργάζονται σήμερα",
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.avgi.gr/oikonomia/528690_rekor-ergazomenon-syntaxioyhon-pano-apo-300000-ergazontai-simera",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S15",
      "publisher": "mononews.gr",
      "title": "e-ΕΦΚΑ: Ο «χάρτης» της εργασίας μετά τη συνταξιοδότηση - Πάνω από 300.000 συνταξιούχοι εργάζονται σήμερα",
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.mononews.gr/oikonomia/e-efka-o-chartis-tis-ergasias-meta-ti-syntaxiodotisi-pano-apo-300-000-syntaxiouchoi-ergazontai-simera",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S16",
      "publisher": "tomanifesto.gr",
      "title": "Πάνω από 300.000 συνταξιούχοι εργάζονται - Η κατάργηση της περικοπής 30% αύξησε τις δηλώσεις απασχόλησης",
      "date": null,
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://tomanifesto.gr/pano-apo-300000-sintaksioukhoi-erghazontai-h-katarghisi-tis-perikopis-30-auksise-tis-dilwseis-apaskholisis-254250",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205907/https://tomanifesto.gr/pano-apo-300000-sintaksioukhoi-erghazontai-h-katarghisi-tis-perikopis-30-auksise-tis-dilwseis-apaskholisis-254250"
    },
    {
      "id": "S17",
      "publisher": "Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος (ot.gr)",
      "title": "Συνταξιούχοι: Έφθασαν τις 300.000 όσοι εργάζονται",
      "date": "2026-09-18",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.ot.gr/2026/09/18/forologia/ergasiaka-asfalistika/efthasan-tis-300-000-oi-ergazomenoi-syntaksiouxoi",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205907/https://www.ot.gr/2026/09/18/forologia/ergasiaka-asfalistika/efthasan-tis-300-000-oi-ergazomenoi-syntaksiouxoi"
    },
    {
      "id": "S18",
      "publisher": "larissanet.gr",
      "title": "Συντάξεις: 10.278 συνταξιούχοι πήραν προσαύξηση λόγω εργασίας",
      "date": "2026-07-09",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.larissanet.gr/2026/07/09/syntaxeis-10278-syntaxiouchoi-piran-prosafxisi-logo-ergasias/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016205904/https://www.larissanet.gr/2026/07/09/syntaxeis-10278-syntaxiouchoi-piran-prosafxisi-logo-ergasias/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S19",
      "publisher": "mononews.gr",
      "title": "300.000 εργαζόμενοι συνταξιούχοι: Αύξηση σύνταξης χωρίς διακοπή εργασίας - Τι προβλέπει η διάταξη",
      "date": "2026-04-28",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.mononews.gr/oikonomia/300-000-ergazomenoi-syntaxiouchoi-afxisi-syntaxis-choris-diakopi-ergasias-ti-provlepei-i-diataxi",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S20",
      "publisher": "politica.gr",
      "title": "Επανυπολογισμός σύνταξης ανά πενταετία για εργαζόμενους συνταξιούχους",
      "date": "2026-02-03",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.politica.gr/business/epanupologismos-suntaxis-ana-pentaetia-gia-ergazomenous-suntaxiouchous",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S21",
      "publisher": "Capital.gr",
      "title": "Μειώνεται στο 10% η ποινή του ΕΦΚΑ για την επιστροφή συντάξεων και επιδομάτων - Τι γλιτώνουν οι εργαζόμενοι συνταξιούχοι",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.capital.gr/oikonomia/3999048/meionetai-sto-10-i-poini-tou-efka-gia-tin-epistrofi-suntaxeon-kai-epidomaton-ti-glitonoun-oi-ergazomenoi-suntaxiouxoi/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S22",
      "publisher": "Εθνικό Τυπογραφείο (Government Gazette)",
      "title": "ΦΕΚ Α' 105/06.07.2026, Νόμος 5316/2026, Άρθρο 43 «Αναζήτηση αχρεωστήτως καταβληθεισών παροχών από [...] (e-Ε.Φ.Κ.Α.) με παρακράτηση από τη χορηγούμενη σύνταξη»",
      "date": "2026-07-06",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2026/20260100105.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016210020/https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2026/20260100105.pdf"
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    {
      "id": "S23",
      "publisher": "Lawspot (law database)",
      "title": "Άρθρο 20 - Νόμος 4387/2016 - Απασχόληση συνταξιούχων",
      "date": "2016-05-12",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.lawspot.gr/node/81172",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016210114/https://www.lawspot.gr/nomothesia/n-4387-2016/arthro-20-nomos-4387-2016-apasholisi-syntaxioyhon/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S24",
      "publisher": "Εθνικό Τυπογραφείο (Government Gazette)",
      "title": "ΦΕΚ Α' 117/24.07.2026, Νόμος 5322/2026, Άρθρο 91 «Προστασία δικαιούχων σύνταξης λόγω θανάτου»",
      "date": "2026-07-24",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2026/20260100117.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016210020/https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2026/20260100117.pdf"
    }
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  "greekPassages": [
    {
      "id": "levy-employees",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "Article 114, law 5078/2023 (new article 20, paragraph 3, law 4387/2016)",
      "greek": "επιπλέον πόρο υπέρ e-ΕΦΚΑ ύψους εφτά κόμμα εφτά τοις εκατό (7,7%) επί των ασφαλιστέων αποδοχών κύριας ασφάλισης ... και ύψους δύο κόμμα τρία τοις εκατό (2,3%) επί των ασφαλιστέων αποδοχών επικουρικής ασφάλισης ..., ο οποίος βαρύνει αποκλειστικά τον ασφαλισμένο",
      "translation": "an additional levy in favour of e-ΕΦΚΑ of seven point seven per cent (7.7%) of insurable earnings for main insurance ... and of two point three per cent (2.3%) of insurable earnings for supplementary insurance ..., which is borne exclusively by the insured person"
    },
    {
      "id": "fine",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "Article 114, law 5078/2023 (new article 20, paragraph 10, law 4387/2016)",
      "greek": "Παράλειψη της δήλωσης επιφέρει χρηματική κύρωση ίση με δώδεκα (12) μηνιαίες συντάξεις, κύριες και επικουρικές. Το ποσό της οφειλής δύναται να αποπληρωθεί με παρακράτηση έως ενός τετάρτου (1/4) από την κύρια σύνταξη και έως του ποσού του άρθρου 46 του ν. 4670/2020 (Α' 43) από την επικουρική. Άλλως, εισπράττεται σύμφωνα με τον Κώδικα Είσπραξης Δημοσίων Εσόδων (ν. 4978/2022, Α' 190).",
      "translation": "Failure to make the declaration incurs a financial penalty equal to twelve (12) monthly pensions, main and supplementary. The amount owed may be repaid by withholding up to one quarter (1/4) of the main pension and up to the amount in article 46 of law 4670/2020 (A' 43) from the supplementary pension. Otherwise, it is collected under the Code for the Collection of Public Revenue (law 4978/2022, A' 190)."
    }
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  "redlines": [],
  "corrections": [],
  "tags": [
    "pensions",
    "e-EFKA",
    "employment",
    "social security",
    "self-employed",
    "expats"
  ]
}