Transfer of business and employees
Concern for employees led to the safeguarding of their rights in the event of a transfer of an undertaking, establishment or part of an undertaking to another employer, as a ...
Our View: Ignoring market forces cannot benefit the economy
The average wage in Cyprus is lower than the EU average, according to Eurostat’s survey for 2023. The average full-time adjusted salary per employee in the EU is €37,863 whereas in ...
Cyprus part-time employment falls to 8%, well below EU average
Part-time employees in Cyprus dropped from 9.1 per cent in 2022 to 8 per cent in 2023, far below the EU average of 17.1 per cent, among workers aged 20 to 64, according to Eurostat.
In 2023, the ...
Just a third of north’s workforce are women
Just a third of the north’s workforce are women, according to the latest figures released by the north’s Statistics institute.
The statistics, revealed as part of the institute’...
North to ditch seasonal public sector working hour discrepancies
Public sector workers in the north are set to work the same hours all year round, after a bill was unanimously passed in ‘parliament’ on Friday.
Pending assent from Turkish ...
Company fined €12,000 for ‘work health and safety violations’
A company by the name of S. E. Sakhi auto trading co received a fine of €12,000 at the Nicosia district court on Thursday for “violating the provisions of the legislation ...
Lottides focuses on combatting mismanagement of employees
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Friday that mismanagement of employees needs to be combatted during a conference entitled ‘Principles of administration users and rule of law in the civil service’.
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Our View: Inequality between public and private employees must be addressed
The council of ministers approved the terms of reference of the Gender Equality Commissioner on Wednesday, so as to better promote equality objectives in all government bodies. The aim was ...
Uncertain future for most of RCB’s 370 employees
Although most of the 370 employees of RCB bank are set to be made redundant once its transformation into an asset management company is completed, there is uncertainty about when and ...