Government ‘determined to preserve jobs’ but difficulties ahead
The government’s priority is to support employment and it is determined to do whatever possible within its means to preserve jobs, the deputy government spokesman...
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Cyprus near bottom of EU list of those working from home
Only 1.2 per cent of Cypriots work from home, one of the smallest shares of people in EU member states, Eurostat figures published on Thursday...
Cybc chairman warns current employment regime unsustainable
The chairman of state broadcaster Cybc warned Thursday that the current employment regime in the organisation was unsustainable due to the existence of numerous workers...
Cyprus’ population employment rate returned above EU average in 2018
Cyprus’ employment rate of the population aged 20-64 returned above the EU average in 2018 for the first since 2012, a study tiled “Trends of...
Cyprus has third highest share of part-time workers in EU
Cyprus has the third highest share of part-time workers in the EU because they cannot find a full-time job, Eurostat figures published on Wednesday showed....
Thirteen leadership tips to manage apparent paradoxes
By Dimis Michaelides At the heart of innovation lie forces that simultaneously oppose and complement one another. Like yin and yang, each has its benefits...
Message to underemployed graduates: get out of Cyprus
The article “Welcome to the gig economy” (Sunday Mail, August 4) raises some interesting questions regarding the attitude of Cypriot nationals who are university graduates...
Targets to counter the changing nature of work
How the future of work will be impacted by digital and robotic technology was the focus of a workshop organised on Wednesday by the labour...
Asylum seekers mobilise over limited work opportunities
Asylum seekers mobilised on Tuesday in Nicosia in a peaceful demonstration seeking to raise awareness regarding their limited employment opportunities as well as exploitative and...
Public sector employment rose in 4th quarter 2018
Employment in the public sector rose in the 4th quarter of 2018, according to figures released by the statistical service on Thursday. The number of...
It’s finally an employee’s market in Cyprus
By Katerina Andreou For all you Job seekers, restless professionals or simply curious people, 2019 is here and let’s take a look at what the...
Too many employers ignore a key concept: employee contentment
By Katerina Andreou The employer-employee relationship can be said to be transactional and a mutual investment. Corporate words and very clinical. Or are they? Like...
Economy employs 4% more workers in Q1, Cystat says
The number of persons employed in the first quarter of the year rose 4 per cent, to 391,701, compared to January to March last year,...
Discussions on minimum wage will start, minister says
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday that a dialogue would be launched with stakeholders for the introduction of a national minimum wage. One...
Hotel jobs unfilled as unions criticise poor wages
Hotels offer low wages and then complain they can’t find staff to work for them, unions charged on Wednesday, as the industry called for allowing...
Government employment rises
The number of people employed by the government was up by 3.4 per cent in March on an annual basis, driven mainly by the hiring...
OEV seeks end to public sector pay rises just before elections
A moratorium on negotiating and concluding collective labour agreements in the public service six months before an election, is one of the suggestions included...
Over 700 new public sector jobs
Cabinet on Thursday approved more than 700 job posts in the civil service for permanent and hourly paid posts in a bid to fill part...
Job fair for those wanting to work for casino
Melco Group announced on Wednesday it is organising a career fair for those interested in working for the company’s integrated casino resort, City of Dreams...
Casino announces first wave of 500 jobs
Melco Resorts & Entertainment, the company behind City of Dreams Mediterranean, the integrated casino resort which is set to open in 2021 in Limassol, announced...
