A Labour Ministry announcement, carried by Greek outlets on 17 October 2026, sets out payments that e-EFKA and DYPA will make between 19 and 23 October 2026. The combined sum is 71,780,000 euros, going to 83,420 beneficiaries. The payments are split between the two bodies, with e-EFKA handling benefits and lump-sum payments and DYPA handling unemployment allowances, maternity leave subsidies and employment programme payments.
The e-EFKA side has two streams. On 21 October, 15,200,000 euros will go to 30,300 beneficiaries for benefits covering maternity, sickness, accidents and funeral expenses. Separately, between 19 and 23 October, 16,500,000 euros will be paid to 800 beneficiaries as lump-sum payments. The announcement dates only these two e-EFKA lines, so the 21 October date applies to the benefits line alone.
DYPA will pay 20,000,000 euros to 33,000 beneficiaries for unemployment benefits and other allowances. It will also pay 1,000,000 euros to 1,200 mothers on subsidised maternity leave, and 19,000,000 euros to 18,000 beneficiaries in subsidised employment programmes. A final line of 80,000 euros goes to 120 beneficiaries in community-benefit programmes. The DYPA lines carry no individual dates in the announcement, so the window of 19 to 23 October is the only timing given for them.
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Counted by recipients rather than money, the largest group is the 33,000 people due DYPA unemployment and other allowances, followed by the 30,300 e-EFKA beneficiaries for benefits. The 18,000 people in subsidised employment programmes make up the next group, with 1,200 mothers on subsidised maternity leave. The 800 lump-sum recipients and the 120 community-programme beneficiaries form the smallest groups.
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The schedule places the e-EFKA benefit payment on 21 October and the lump-sum payments across the full span from 19 to 23 October. Because the ministry gives the DYPA amounts without individual dates, readers should treat the whole week as the period in which those payments fall.
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The e-EFKA social insurance fund and the Public Employment Service (DYPA) have scheduled payments for the period, with the largest single line being 20,000,000 euros for unemployment and other DYPA allowances.
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