Turkish Cypriot civil servants stage strike
Civil servants in the north went on strike on Thursday over a freeze on the cost-of-living increment for four months. Hundreds of civil servants marched...
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Government employment in January up by 0.8%
Total government employment in January rose by 440 persons or 0.8 per cent year on year due to the hiring of temporary employees, data released...
Marginally higher number of civil servants
Government employment rose by 37 workers, or 0.1 per cent, year-on-year in October, reaching 52,513 people, the statistical service (Cystat) said on Thursday. The number...
Civil servants want return to remote work
The civil servants’ union Pasydy on Friday called for a return to remote work wherever possible within the public sector. The union’s call comes as...
Our View: Radical overhaul needed of number employed in civil service
The finance ministry has told the legislature that the government would gradually stop hiring seasonal workers and staff on contracts for a finite period, which...
Our View: Government should be looking to cut payroll, not expand it
Last week it was reported that the government had prepared the paperwork for advertising 700 positions in the broader public service. The jobs were at...
Our View: Cypriot civil servants show further evidence of greed
Few would contest the assertion that the state is Cyprus’ best employer as far as workers are concerned. It pays better than the private sector,...
Civil servants to take pay cuts case to ECHR
The head of the civil servants union Pasydy said on Tuesday they intend to take recourse with the European Court of Human Rights over pay...
Supreme court to issue decision on civil servant pay cuts at noon
The plenary session of the Supreme Court will issue its decision on the appeals against a lower court’s decision to retroactively reimburse civil servants for...
Our view: Policy of sweeping things under the carpet going strong
Government seems to make a habit of ignoring a problem until it becomes so complicated there is no easy solution to it. The 4,000 public...
Early retirement scheme for civil servants planned
The state expects to generate savings of some €50m over a 20-year period via a scheme where certain civil servants will receive full benefits if...
Our View: Is proposed new service just an excuse to hire more civil servants?
The majority of parties in the legislature last week crossed out the expenditure item in the 2020 State Budget earmarked for the creation and operation...
Civil servants add to list of demands as they seek return of pre-crisis benefits
On top of taking the government to court over the pay cuts to their salaries during the economic crisis, civil servants are now demanding restoration...
Civil servants call for reintroduction of pension scheme
Teachers’ and civil servants’ trade unions said they would like to see the pension fund that was abolished during the economic crisis restored, arguing that...
Civil servants being ‘pushed to sue’ en masse over pay cuts, Georgiades says
Various law firms are soliciting civil servants, encouraging them to file class-action lawsuits against the state over the latter’s refusal to reimburse them for pay...
Contract workers protest for second day
On a second day of protests on Tuesday public sector contract workers threatened an indefinite strike after marching from the finance ministry to the House...
Strike to close some citizens service centres
The finance ministry announced on Tuesday that due to strike by a group of civil servants some citizens service centres will not operate between Wednesday...
State to appeal pay cut reversal ‘as soon as possible’
The state will appeal three court decisions that reversed payroll reductions imposed on civil servants as part of an austerity drive in 2012, it was...
State mulling appeal to civil servants’ returned bonuses
The state has not decided yet whether it would appeal a court judgement in favour of civil servants who challenged a decision to dock their...
Four civil servants have docked bonus reinstated
Four civil servants have won a court case after challenging the government’s decision to dock their one-off bonus to which they were eligible upon retirement....