December salary payment dates announced
Next month’s public sector salaries will be paid on December 14 followed by the 13th salary and pensions a couple of weeks later, it was...
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New limits on civil servants’ unpaid leave
The finance ministry has tabled amendments to limit unpaid leave in the public sector for educational purposes, it was announced on Monday. The House...
Mouse empties government office
A mouse left a civil service office unmanned for a day as the staff working there reportedly refused to share their space with the rodent...
Civil servant union chief against political postings
The head of Pasydy civil servants’ union, Glafcos Hadjipetrou said on Wednesday that no civil servant, regardless of their rank, should hold a political party...
Law on civil servants switching to private sector reviewed
Parliament is reviewing the law regulating the employment of former public servants in the private sector in light of the recent transfers of the Limassol...
Nurses to get higher entry-level wages, unions’ in-fighting (Update)
HEALTH Minister Giorgos Pamborides announced on Friday that the government has granted state nurses their long-standing demand for higher entry-level wages to match their university...
Gender pay gap to close in 2029
Cyprus is ranked 12th out of 26 countries when it comes to where the gender pay gap will close most quickly, a study published by...
Government mulls extending hiring freeze to offset reform setback
The government is considering an indefinite extension of the hiring freeze in the civil service imposed as part of fiscal consolidation efforts four years ago,...
Rejection of civil service reform bills preserves corruption, says reform commissioner (Update-1)
Reform commissioner Constantinos Petrides said on Monday that parliament’s decision to reject four draft reform bills leaves the civil service vulnerable to political...
Parliament rejects civil service reform (Update)
PARLIAMENT on Friday rejected five of six government bills on civil service reform. The bill on secondment was referred to the House finance committee for...
Employers denounce pay increases for civil servants
Planned pay increases for civil servants, slated to inflate the state payroll by €75 million over 2017 and 2018, should be axed, Employers and...
Our View: Forget Akel’s objections, public sector reform is crucial
DESPITE all the hard work that has been put into preparing the bills for the reform of the public service by the government, it is...
Growth in civil service gains pace
Growth in the public sector has gained pace in 2015 as the hiring of employees increased in contrast to the declining number of retirements, the...
Civil servant awarded ‘moral damages’ in sexual harassment case
Taxpayers will have to foot €22,000 in moral damages awarded to a female civil servant who sued her head of the department for sexual harassment...
Government forced to rethink plans for civil service reform
Discussion of a package of six government bills, designed to overhaul appraisal, promotion and transfers in the public sector, went into start-stop mode on Monday...
Civil servant numbers rise in Q1 by 146 to 63,555, Cystat says
The number of people employed directly or indirectly by the government was on average 63,555 in the first quarter of the year, 146 higher compared...
Improved job security for state contract workers
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill regulating the matter of temporary workers in the public sector. The bill affects 1,537 temporary workers in the...
Cabinet approves civil service reform bills
By Angelos Anastasiou Five government bills reforming the civil service in terms of hiring, appraisal, promotion and remuneration were approved by the cabinet on Wednesday,...
A fairer more responsive civil service on its way
By Jean Christou Legislation to reform the public service into “something not experienced until now in Cyprus” is in its final stages and will be...
Changes to civil service pension payments
By Angelos Anastasiou A PROPOSED bill to use April 1, 1991 as the start date for calculating the average career salary for civil servants, on...