#civil service

Planned reform to sick leave rules must not undermine the rights of employees with genuine medical conditions, union officials said on Friday as the government moves to tighten controls on ...

Just when more and more businesses are recognising the disadvantages of ‘work from home’, the Cyprus government has decided to introduce it in the public service. In fact, in many ...

President Nikos Christodoulides acknowledged the civil service’s negative image on Tuesday, saying however that it had been a driver in difficult times, such as after the Turkish invasion in 1974, ...

A senior functionary at the Audit Office has earned €260,000 since late 2019 when he was put on paid suspension after reveals that he and others had fraudulently established a company, media ...

MPs on Monday wrapped up discussion of a government bill that would end the hiring freeze on vacancies for full-time jobs in the broader public sector – a policy instituted in 2013 ...

Nearly 100 individuals who have worked in the state sector receive more than one pension or a pension plus a salary, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee continued discussion ...

A civil servant, who had been off work for years due to health issues, returned to work on Wednesday and assaulted his supervisor. Paphos police are investigating malicious damage, assault ...

Trade union Pasydy on Wednesday said civil servants are “under attack” as the debate regarding a planned pay rise rumbles on. They said the agreement they had reached with the ...

A government bill proposing an across-the-board pay rise for public-sector workers got more pushback from opposition MPs on Monday, with the Disy party in particular looking determined to veto the ...

State officials on Monday pleaded with MPs to quickly pass a bill approving a 1.5 per cent general increase in the salaries of public-sector workers, but some lawmakers pushed back. The 1.5 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the government institutions must work to gain the trust of society, while receiving the report from the public service commission (EDY) on Thursday. The report ...

CyBC director general Thanasis Tsokos will appeal a decision by the state broadcaster’s board to suspend him for three months, as investigations allegations against him are ongoing, it emerged ...

Promotions in the civil service will be done in two different ways, due to problems that came up after the introduction of a new evaluation system, stakeholders seemed to agree ...

Pleas continued to be made to disregard civil service evaluations for 2023, as civil service head Elena Oikonomidou Azina said on Wednesday that discussions in parliament about the new civil service ...

Meray Durust, who was arrested as part of investigations into the north’s “fake diploma scandal”, has begun work in a new public sector role. Durust was arrested alongside her ...

Trade unions representing civil servants on Monday demanded that a new evaluation system for promotions be put on hold, as its implementation so far has caused nothing but chaos and ...

Bills to abolish the maximum duration of secondment between the civil service and semi government authorities will be discussed at the House finance committee on Monday. Debate will also begin ...

Sick leave days for government workers have been slashed by almost half, following abuse of the system, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday. The decision taken during a Cabinet ...

Trade unions agreed with the finance ministry on measures to deal with the issues of low-paid civil servants, representatives from the unions Peo, Sek, and Pasydy said on Tuesday. The ...

What a mess the authorities have made of the issue of the multiple pensions over the years. We are now at the point at which someone who had been a ...

The government on Monday pledged to bring legislation regulating the controversial matter of multiple pensions paid out to state officials, but wouldn’t commit to a timeline. In parliament, finance ...

Parliament on Monday gave the green light for unlocking more than 1,800 positions in the public sector, as requested by the government, with opposition Disy complaining about the high cost to ...

One of only two seismologists in Cyprus’ Geological Survey on Tuesday accused the department of indifference to workplace bullying by unqualified staff in higher positions. Making public statements on social ...

As a new president takes up the post, I submit some suggestions that would improve the real estate and construction industry. The adoption of deputy ministers by the previous government ...