Cabinet approves Christmas bonuses for certain groups
Cabinet approved on Friday an additional Christmas bonus for certain groups who receive financial support from the social welfare services. According to Deputy Government Spokesman...
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Law on GMI to be amended to stop beneficiaries being cut off
Legislators are amending the law on Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) to stop the practice of terminating outright giving of benefits to beneficiaries deemed to be...
Parliament drawing up new bill to tweak GMI rulings
Parliament will be drafting a bill requiring the government to notify beneficiaries of Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) that they have been deemed ineligible for the...
Akel raises problems with GMI for low-income pensioners
Low-income pensioners continue to struggle financially, main opposition Akel said on Tuesday, proposing tweaks to the law that in their view would ameliorate the situation....
Council of ministers approves Christmas payment for needy groups
The council of ministers on Tuesday approved the granting of approximately €15m from the labour ministry’s budget as a Christmas present to vulnerable groups and...
2,500 applications for GMI received by labour ministry
Around 2,500 applications for the Guraranteed Minimum Income (GMI) have been received in the past few months, most involving people who have applied at least...
GMI beneficiaries falling as unemployment drops
Beneficiaries of the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme have fallen from 40,000 to 25,000, while Cyprus is among the EU member states with the fastest...
House approves extended deadline for low-income pensioners
The plenary House session on Wednesday approved the referral of a bill on low-income pensioners and passed a law which entitles these pensioners to...
House accepts guaranteed minimum income law
The House labour committee on Friday unilaterally decided to accept cabinet’s amendments to the law on guaranteed minimum income (GMI). The bill, prepared earlier this...
Cabinet approves change to GMI law
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the law on the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) to give recipients on a low pension who did...
Welfare, GMI payments total €479 million in 2015-16
Social welfare and the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme cost €479 million in 2015 and 2016, the Audit Service announced on Tuesday. In its annual...
Cabinet green-lights spending spree for vulnerable groups
More than 60,000 people considered vulnerable will receive Christmas bonuses amounting to €20m in total, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday after the cabinet...
More could be done to help low income pensioners, House hears
There is a great deal more the state can do to provide financial assistance and relief to low-income pensioners and the elderly, the House labour...
News podcast: new GMI rules; Transgender Day of Visibility
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Government backs plan to change GMI law to help low income OAPs
The government said on Tuesday it was on board with a proposal to amend the law on Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) so that low-income pensioners...
MPs iron out GMI problems
MPs are putting the final touches to a bill so the 13th instalment of a pension is no longer deducted from Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI)...
Harsher penalties on the way for worker exploitation
The labour ministry is preparing new legislation laying down heftier fines on employers who exploit their workers, as well as cracking down on undeclared work,...
GMI recipients to be put to work, ‘but it’s not forced labour’ minister says
The government’s Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) scheme will be entering its third phase, which entails finding jobs for recipients who were able to work, Labour...
AKEL puts forward proposals ‘to protect those in need’
Main opposition party AKEL on Sunday presented proposals to tackle income inequality and support vulnerable groups, as well as for revising the law on...
€500 bonus for job finders
A Cabinet approved plan set to be rolled out in April aims to help 1,000 unemployed persons find work, the Labour ministry said on Wednesday....