Labour ministry issues alert over high temperatures
By Stavros Nikolaou With the heat wave continuing to grip Cyprus, the labour ministry on Wednesday informed employers and the self-employed to suspend all work...
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Heatwave warning from labour ministry
The labour ministry on Tuesday called on employers and the self-employed to take all measures to protect staff and themselves citing the possibility of a...
New holiday scheme for low-income pensioners
Cabinet has approved a new holiday scheme for low-income pensioners for the period of September 1 to December 22 covering accommodation and full board at...
Cabinet approves financial package for families of four men who perished in fire (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Evie Andreou The labour ministry has announced it will financially compensate the families of the four Egyptian seasonal workers who lost...
Pensioners to receive minimum €710 a month, retroactive to Jan 2020 (Updated)
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Monday announced that no pensioner would be receiving less than €710 per month after it was decided to raise the...
Minimum wage cannot be introduced under current circumstances says ministry
Cyprus cannot introduce a minimum wage across the board amid a pandemic and the uncertainty in the labour market, MPs heard on Tuesday. At the...
Holiday scheme for low-income pensioners extended
Citing keen interest, the labour ministry said it is making another €200,000 available to extend a holiday scheme at hotels in the mountains and in...
Series of contacts to begin Monday to assess pandemic support schemes
A series of contacts with between Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou and the social partners – unions and employers organisations – will begin on Monday to...
Nicosia’s Ayios Andreas social insurance branch to close
The department of social insurance is closing its branch on Nicosia’s Navarinou Street in Ayios Andreas, it said in an announcement on Tuesday. It said...
Number of social insurance cheats runs just over 4,000
Some 4,000 criminal cases involving cheating on social insurance contributions were pending at the end of April this year, the Social Insurance Services said in...
