#Labour Ministry

The construction and hotel industries often complain about labour shortages, while labour unions counter-protest over the use of temporary hiring agencies which they say lead to poor treatment of foreign ...

The government’s planned reforms to the pension system will ensure that it remains viable for “40 or 50 years”, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Wednesday, as he addressed members of ...

There will be no reductions in pensions under the planned pension reform, and all pensioners will receive an increase, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas assured on Tuesday, as the government works ...

Subsidy programmes offered by the labour ministry are expected to allow around 9,500 people to organise summer holidays this year, with the ministry offering subsidies for both low-income pensioners and workers. ...

The number of labour accidents decreased by 7.2 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024, while compared to 2017 the total drop reached 55.3 per cent, the labour inspection department said on Wednesday. The most ...

Three companies were fined a total of €55,000 by the Paphos district court over health and safety breaches linked to a fatal workplace accident, the labour inspection department announced on Wednesday. ...

The labour ministry’s inspectors identified four undeclared employees in the education sector and nine in retail businesses, imposing fines totalling €25,000. In the education sector, inspectors carried out checks at 63 ...

Two construction companies were fined a total of €15,500 on Monday after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from a height of 5.5 metres at a building site in Nicosia. ...

Cyprus’ state debt to public funds has reached €12.8 billion at the start of this year, up from €11.3 billion at the beginning of last year, the ministry of labour reported to ...

Talks between Cyprus trade unions and the Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou ended on Tuesday without an agreement on the future of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA). A new meeting ...

Bus drivers in Larnaca will return to work on August 9, ending a ten-day strike that disrupted public transport services across the city. The decision followed a morning vote in a ...

The Cyprus consumers’ association has accused the ministry of labour of treating consumers unfairly by refusing to appoint a representative for them in a key European Union advisory body. In ...

The labour ministry on Friday set out the government’s new rules regarding the employment of third-country nationals in Cyprus who are either students or high earners. For high earners, ...

The labour crisis in the construction industry deepens with the second mediation proposal put forward by the labour ministry thrown out on Wednesday by the trade unions, while repercussions are ...

The labour ministry has dismissed press reports that the EU has launched procedures against Cyprus for not meeting the minimum percentage of the workforce covered by collective agreements. A labour ...

Trade union Sek approved on Friday an agreement in principle for the renewal of the collective agreement for hotel industry workers. In a press release, Sek said its answer has ...

Between 1 July and 30 September, a total of 533 individuals contacted the 1480 helpline, which aims to provide counselling and support on the safe, responsible, and ethical use of the internet and digital ...

Peace in the hotel sector has been put on hold as trade unions dismissed an intermediary proposal put forward by the labour ministry for the renewal of the industry’s ...

A solar panel company, “CP Altech Energy Ltd”, was issued a €7,000 fine on Monday after it was found that it had failed to ensure its workers’ safety. The labour inspection ...

An architectural design tender was launched on Friday for the remodelling and expansion of the labour ministry while maintaining the building’s identity and historical character. The original form of ...

A total of 25,000 workers received an increase in their salaries upon being paid for the month of January according to the Labour ministry, following an increase in the minimum wage. ...

The state and the private sector are joining forces to try and bridge the gaps in the jobs market in the IT sector with a targeted programme to attract and ...

Businesses have been complaining about labour shortages ever since the end of the pandemic. Tens of thousands of EU workers returned to their countries during the lockdown and have not ...

The labour ministry on Thursday said that 13th salary provisions, when part of a collective agreement, personal contract or company practice, constitute an integral part of an employee’s salary. “...