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...
GMI
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...
