Hellenic Labour Inspectorate

Organisation name in original language

Επιθεώρηση Εργασίας

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Greece

Website URL

https://www.hli.gov.gr/en/landing-page-en/

Type(s) of body

Other

Address

28 October St. 37, 104 32 Athens

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Legal source(s)

  • Re-established as an independent authority by Part V ofLaw 4808/2021on the establishment of an independent labour inspection authority.
  • Decision No 67759/2022of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs defined the date on which the inspectorate opened, as per the provisions of Article 85 ofLaw 4954/2022.

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Performing promotional activities

Specific mandates

  • Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Cooperation with A21 Greece since January 2023 to address human trafficking (A21 is an international non-profit and non-governmentalorganisationdedicated to abolishing slavery in the 21stcentury; founded in 2008 in Thessaloniki, it is currently active in 19 locations in 14 countries around the world)

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Participated in the EU-funded DIONE project.
  • Participated in the #EU4FairWork campaign, the first EU-wide campaign about the benefits of declared work, led by the European Labour Authority.

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