#Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA)

Cyprus has a higher inflation rate than the euro area average. According to the latest figures, released by Eurostat, the inflation rate in Cyprus in June hit 4 per cent, up ...

CoLA demonstrations in Limassol

Trade union Isotita on Thursday demanded the abolition of the upper limit to the proportion of a worker’s salary which can be added on to it through the cost-of-living ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday voted unanimously to withdraw a bill aiming to cut payments of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers which had earlier provoked a general ...

A bill which will alter the payment of the cost-of-living allowance to Turkish Cypriot public sector workers will be sent back to the Turkish Cypriot legislature’s finance committee, ruling ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel continues to face criticism from both inside and outside his ruling coalition over his handling of attempts to cut payments of the cost-of-living allowance ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday announced that his ruling coalition’s planned changes to the payment of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers will not be ...

Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader, Sila Incirli, strongly criticised the north’s ruling coalition over the handling of the cost-of-living issue and accusing it of governing through imposition. In a ...

Debate over the north’s ruling coalition’s planned alterations to the payment of the cost-of-living allowance for public sector workers continued into the early hours of Thursday morning at ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday announced that there is “no longer grounds” for him to continue attempting to mediate between the north’s ruling coalition and trade union ...

Building a pension system that honours a lifetime of work while supporting younger generations is both the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity, Labour Minister Marinos Moushiouttas said on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ main state sector trade unions on Wednesday signed an agreement to create a joint coordinating body, strengthening their collective voice on key labour issues, Pasydy said. The agreement was ...

After having spent months fighting for the 100 per cent restoration of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), Peo union’s general secretary Sotiroula Charalambous said on Tuesday it will now ...

The Cyprus Worker’s Federation (PEO) has formally approved in principle the agreement on the cost of living allowance (CoLA), marking a major development for Cyprus’ social security framework. The ...

The intervention of the government in the labour market will not end with the change in the calculation of the cost of living allowance (CoLA), which was finally agreed last ...

All 13 union branches during a joint meeting on Tuesday expressed their support for the final agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) signed last week. “The permanent agreement establishes CoLA as ...

An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and set how it is implemented ...

The government hopes that the contentious issue of the cost-of-living-allowance (CoLA) will at long last be settled after the employers’ side accepted its revised proposal, however the trade unions that ...

An intervention by President Nikos Christodoulides has injected new momentum into cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) talks, bringing employer and union organisations closer and raising hopes for a final agreement before the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said he is “optimistic” that there will very soon be “positive results” in efforts to bring about a resolution between workers and employers on the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “optimistic” that an agreement can be forged regarding the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), with employers refusing to back down from ...

Employer organisation Keve on Friday confirmed its decision to reject the government’s deal on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and, in agreement with OEV, called on the government and the ...

The employers’ decision to reject the government proposal for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) was “not positive”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, pointing out that there were more options, which ...

Trade unions on Wednesday accepted the government’s proposal for the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), while employers’ organisations rejected it. “The trade union movement, in a spirit of ...