MPs call for changes to minimum pension amount
Legislators on Tuesday again called on the government to agree to proposed changes that would raise the minimum pension amount, noting that several pensioners currently...
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Discussion kicks off on minimum wage
Lawmakers and trade unions on Tuesday began discussing various proposals for the establishment of a national minimum wage, ostensibly aimed at raising people’s living standards....
House committees to meet again on education crisis
The House labour and education committee is scheduled to meet at 1pm to discuss the crisis in public education. The meeting will be attended by...
Paternity law review after some fathers excluded
Six months after paid paternity leave kicked off, MPs have been inundated with complaints that the system is failing. During Tuesday’s House labour committee deputies...
Preventing breast feeding in public could become an offence
Preventing a mother from breastfeeding in public may become a criminal offence, according to a bill discussed during the House labour committee on Tuesday. Three...
Government opposed to paternity leave for unmarried fathers
The government on Tuesday said it is opposed to a proposal for extending paternity leave and benefits to unmarried couples as that would have an...
Bills on child benefit, paternity leave to be voted before House closes
Lawmakers plan voting on a number of bills relating to child benefit and paternity leave on July 14, during the last session of the House...
House moves step closer to paternity leave
The House labour committee on Tuesday discussed a series of bills, including one introducing paternity leave, which MPs intend to vote through before parliament breaks...
Government called on to increase numbers getting disability allowance
Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to comply fully with a Supreme Court ruling on granting disabled people severe motor disability allowance. In January...
Care for the elderly improving says minister
Care for the elderly and for people with disabilities is improving, the government claimed on Tuesday amid criticism it was not doing enough to help...
Debate over shop opening hours resurfaces
The seemingly endless debate over shop opening hours continued on Wednesday with Akel saying that although extended hours had increased the numbers of jobs,...
Over 1,000 to be cut from GMI scheme due to property ownership
Around 1,200 beneficiaries of the guaranteed minimum income (GMI), will be cut from the scheme as their property values exceed those provided to obtain the...
GMI misses July 1 deadline
By George Psyllides LABOUR Minister Zeta Emilianidou said there would be delays in paying people the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) after its approval has been...
Timetable of MGI bill in doubt
By Angelos Anastasiou Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou’s fight to have the Minimum Guaranteed Income (MGI) scheme up and running by July 1 so applications can...
Fundamental changes needed to welfare services
The problems faced by the welfare services cannot be solved with more staff but by changing the system, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou told lawmakers on...
Focus on Greek speakers in tourism sector
THE LABOUR ministry is looking to make speaking Greek an obligatory requirement in certain sectors in the hotel and tourism industry, as way to address...
Widowers may be eligible for second pension
By Poly Pantelides THE House Labour Committee is looking to rectify the inherent sexism in the state pension system that currently excludes widowers from receiving...
One third have been jobless more than a year
By Peter Stevenson SOME 40 per cent of the 70,000 or so people registered as unemployed have been out of work for six months, 24...