Posts tagged with "Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou"

Discussions on minimum wage will start, minister says Cyprus

Discussions on minimum wage will start, minister says

May 16th, 2018   Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday that a dialogue would be launched with stakeholders for the introduction of a national minimum wage. One of the reasons this has not been made possible yet, the minister said, is high unemployment levels. “But just as we are headed to conditions of full employment we...
Employers responsible for health and safety says minister Cyprus

Employers responsible for health and safety says minister

May 16th, 2018 Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday the labour inspection department could not check all establishments in Cyprus and urged all involved to come up with suggestions to boost health and safety. The minister was responding to criticism over last Saturday’s accident in a Strovolos restaurant in which a 25-year-old woman...
Cabinet improves strategies to improve life of disabled Cyprus

Cabinet improves strategies to improve life of disabled

December 19th, 2017 The Cabinet on Tuesday approved two national strategies concerning people with disabilities aimed at improving their quality of life. Submitted by Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou, the first, spanning from 2018 to 2028, is set to guide the state on actions it can take that will add value to the lives of disabled persons. The second...
Discussion wraps up on pension bonus Cyprus

Discussion wraps up on pension bonus

November 14th, 2017 Lawmakers on Tuesday finished discussing a bill tabled by Akel that would scrap the time limit for applying for the pension bonus, also known as the “small cheque.” The bill amends a law passed in 2014 which entitles low-income pensioners to the bonus provided they demonstrate that they are eligible. The government determines...
Government improving lives of the elderly says minister Cyprus

Government improving lives of the elderly says minister

September 27th, 2017 Cyprus has succeeded in taking measures to improve the living conditions of an ageing population by following a strategy for the elderly, but challenges still exist that must be tackled, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou announced on Wednesday. In a statement on occasion of World Seniors Day, she said that the number of elderly people...
Etyk calls off bank strike early Cyprus

Etyk calls off bank strike early

July 25th, 2017 Bank workers union Etyk said on Tuesday it was suspending a strike at Hellenic Bank’s delinquent loan manager following the intervention of Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou. The two sides are scheduled to meet at the labour ministry on Wednesday. It follows a meeting between Etyk and Emilianidou on Monday. “Through...
Financial support for social care schemes Cyprus

Financial support for social care schemes

July 2nd, 2017 Some 252 social care programmes received financial support, under the State Aid Scheme, totalling €6.9m last year, said Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou. Addressing an event organised by the volunteers’ council of the community of Shia,  on Saturday, Emilianidou said her ministry recognised the important work done by volunteers....
House moves step closer to paternity leave Cyprus

House moves step closer to paternity leave

June 20th, 2017 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 for the summer recess. Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said that for the first time in Cyprus fathers will be entitled to 15 days of paid paternity leave. This...
People shouldn’t worry about pensions says labour minister Cyprus

People shouldn’t worry about pensions says labour minister

May 23rd, 2017 The Social Insurance Fund (SIF) is viable until the year 2080 and people shouldn’t worry about their pensions, labour minister Zeta Emilianidou reiterated on Tuesday. At the same time Emilianidou sprang a surprise on lawmakers, telling them the government is now considering incorporating the investment of reserves from the SIF into...
Harsher penalties to be introduced for illegal employment Cyprus

Harsher penalties to be introduced for illegal employment

April 4th, 2017 Discussion of a government bill introducing harsher penalties for undeclared or illegal employment concluded at the House labour committee on Tuesday. After the session, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou, who was present, said the major change the bill will effect is the introduction of the obligation for employers to declare employees...
New EU strategy for the disabled Cyprus

New EU strategy for the disabled

March 27th, 2017 A two-day conference in Nicosia is focusing on the Council of Europe’s new strategy for the disabled which covers five main areas: equality and non-discrimination, information, accessibility, equality before the law and freedom from exploitation. “We hope the new Council of Europe Strategy for the period 2017-2023, the application...
Debate over shop opening hours resurfaces Cyprus

Debate over shop opening hours resurfaces

March 15th, 2017   The seemingly endless debate over shop opening hours continued on Wednesday with Akel saying that although extended hours had increased the numbers of jobs, overall expenditure on salaries had fallen. MPs and the government in consultation with stakeholders are trying to find a final solution on shop hours that has long...
Paraplegics slam technocrats for indifference and funding cuts Cyprus

Paraplegics slam technocrats for indifference and funding cuts

December 30th, 2016 THE Cyprus paraplegic organisation on Friday criticised the labour ministry of indifference towards people with disabilities and slashing a state grant used to hire social workers and therapists. For the third year in a row, the ministry has kept its funding to the organisation at the reduced annual amount of €12,000, though...
New measures to help long-term jobless, disabled Cyprus

New measures to help long-term jobless, disabled

October 8th, 2016 LABOUR minister Zeta Emilianidou has introduced a total of 11 new schemes approved by the cabinet, offering incentives for the employment and training of the long-term unemployed, but also of disabled persons. The package of schemes is expected to cost €19.1m and aims to help more than 5,000 people. Beneficiaries are people with...
Agreement reached in airport workers’ dispute Cyprus

Agreement reached in airport workers’ dispute

July 11th, 2016 Threats of airport strikes during the busy summer season have abated as the unions representing airport workers announced on Monday that they had accepted labour ministry proposals. The breakthrough came following a meeting of representatives of Larnaca and Paphos airport staff which took place earlier in the day. The unions of SEK,...
GMI recipients to be put to work, 'but it's not forced labour' minister says Cyprus

GMI recipients to be put to work, 'but it's not forced labour' minister says

June 28th, 2016 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 Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Tuesday. Emilianidou informed the House Labour Committee that the ministry was processing plans to train recipients, have them do...
Labour Minister attends International Labour Conference News in Brief

Labour Minister attends International Labour Conference

June 8th, 2016 Minister of Labour Welfare and Social Insurance Zeta Emilianidou has attended the 105th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva and in her intervention she pointed out the need to fight global poverty and social exclusion. According to a press release, the Minister said that we all are obliged to safeguard that all...
MPs’ rushed social insurance bill was ‘unenforceable’ Cyprus

MPs’ rushed social insurance bill was ‘unenforceable’

May 11th, 2016 The president did not sign off on a bill changing payment schemes for those owing money to the Social Insurance Fund because it was unenforceable by the time MPs were done tinkering with it, the government said on Wednesday. The bill introducing an instalments scheme for paying social insurance arrears was passed by the legislature...
Shops must close on Easter Sunday and Monday Cyprus

Shops must close on Easter Sunday and Monday

April 20th, 2016 All general shops must remain closed on Easter Sunday and Monday, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday. In addition, on Good Friday and Saturday shops should close by 6pm. “As regards employees of specialty shops, which will be called to work on the aforementioned days, they must be paid double for every hour they...
Attorney-general unimpressed with progress on bill governing strikes Cyprus

Attorney-general unimpressed with progress on bill governing strikes

April 11th, 2016 Attorney-general Costas Clerides walked out of a discussion in parliament on regulating strikes in essential services, telling MPs to agree first on the text of a bill and then ask him to give his legal opinion. MPs were discussing a bill submitted by ruling DISY and the text of a consultation between Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou...
Hotel workers reject compromise agreement Cyprus

Hotel workers reject compromise agreement

February 29th, 2016 A union representing hotel employees on Monday gave a resounding ‘no’ to a compromise agreement Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou offered in a bid to avert strikes in the industry. The dispute between unions and hoteliers stems from collective agreements signed in 2013 providing a 15 per cent cut in benefits. Now expired, employees...
Sunday opening not destroying small business, labour minister says Cyprus

Sunday opening not destroying small business, labour minister says

February 28th, 2016 Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Sunday rubbished claims by small businesses that extended opening hours were destroying them and exploiting workers, as a final Supreme Court ruling on the issue is expected any day. In an interview with Politis on Sunday, Emilianidou said that businesses such as kiosks and bakeries have been...
Open platform for employers seeking job candidates Cyprus

Open platform for employers seeking job candidates

February 24th, 2016 THE labour ministry aims to create an open platform where employers can identify suitable candidates from the pool of unemployed individuals, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou told the House Watchdog committee on Tuesday. “The goal is to create an open platform where employers can freely find available individuals from a list of all...
GMI benefits reached 45,000 in 2015 Cyprus

GMI benefits reached 45,000 in 2015

February 15th, 2016 By George Psyllides Some €75mln was paid by the state in 2015 in the form of guaranteed minimum income (GMI) with the beneficiaries reaching around 45,000 people, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Monday. The minister told the House labour committee that GMI beneficiaries reached 45,026 people - 25,160 families - who...
Our View: It’s time to abandon collective agreements for industries Opinion

Our View: It’s time to abandon collective agreements for industries

February 14th, 2016 HOTEL workers, earlier in the week, were threatening 24-hour strikes at random hotels, without warning, to push their demand for the return of their pay and benefits to pre-2013 levels. This is a new form of industrial action designed to cause maximum disruption and inconvenience to hotel guests as no hotel would be prepared for a staff...
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