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Cyprus defends laws on rights of domestic workers, union says ‘no willingness’ to enforce

Annette ChrysostomouMay 3, 2019May 3, 2019

By Annette ChrysostomouMay 3, 2019May 3, 201902274

The government on Thursday responded to reports in the international press saying the recent serial killer case involving foreign women and their children exposes the...

Cyprus

Asylum seekers mobilise over limited work opportunities

Lizzy IoannidouApril 16, 2019April 16, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouApril 16, 2019April 16, 20190507

Asylum seekers mobilised on Tuesday in Nicosia in a peaceful demonstration seeking to raise awareness regarding their limited employment opportunities as well as exploitative and...

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Experts advise against minors’ facility in Zygi

Lizzy IoannidouMarch 28, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouMarch 28, 20190218

The European Commission and expert opinion have advised against the creation of a state facility for unaccompanied minors in an empty military camp in the...

Cyprus

Audit office identifies string of welfare shortcomings

Evie AndreouFebruary 21, 2019

By Evie AndreouFebruary 21, 20190103

The audit office on Thursday called on the labour ministry to upgrade without delay the software programme used by the service paying out allowances to...

Cyprus

Iraqi refugees protest outside labour ministry, want to be moved to Kofinou

Lizzy IoannidouOctober 12, 2018October 12, 2018

By Lizzy IoannidouOctober 12, 2018October 12, 20180195

By Lizzy Ioannidou A group of 60 Iraqi refugees have gathered outside the labour ministry all week, protesting their inability to find a home, or...

Cyprus

New government website for jobseekers and employers

Staff ReporterSeptember 12, 2018

By Staff ReporterSeptember 12, 20180223

The labour ministry has announced the creation of a new website where unemployed people can register and where employers can look for workers. According to...

Cyprus

Employers fined €3,500 for having undeclared workers

Annette ChrysostomouMay 8, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouMay 8, 20186 89

During a raid to clamp down on illegal employment police charged two employers €3,500 for not declaring three employees on Monday. Police and labour inspection...

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Breastfeeding mother refused service at government office

Evie AndreouFebruary 16, 2018

By Evie AndreouFebruary 16, 201850 304

The breastfeeding association has filed a complaint against a labour ministry employee for inappropriate behaviour after she allegedly refused to serve a mother who had...

Cyprus

Five employers and 10 illegal workers arrested in Napa raid

Evie AndreouJanuary 19, 2018

By Evie AndreouJanuary 19, 20185 152

Five Ayia Napa business owners and 10 third-country nationals were arrested on Thursday during a raid at establishments in the Famagusta district for illegal employment....

Cyprus

Labour ministry receiving 50 calls a day over 13th salary

Annette ChrysostomouDecember 21, 2017

By Annette ChrysostomouDecember 21, 201733 951

The labour ministry has resolved three disputes relating to the 13th salary which should have been paid by December 20, but says it is premature...

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Welfare, GMI payments total €479 million in 2015-16

FORMER STAFFNovember 21, 2017

By FORMER STAFFNovember 21, 20172 150

Social welfare and the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme cost €479 million in 2015 and 2016, the Audit Service announced on Tuesday. In its annual...

Cyprus

Employers rush to register illegal workers ahead of deadline

Annette ChrysostomouAugust 30, 2017

By Annette ChrysostomouAugust 30, 20175 496

Around 3,100 undeclared workers have been registered with the social insurance department in the past month, ahead of Sunday’s deadline to declare them, senior inspector...

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Labour ministry ‘stormtroopers’ going after undeclared work

Annette ChrysostomouAugust 24, 2017

By Annette ChrysostomouAugust 24, 20179 165

Armed with a modern ad and new legislation the labour ministry is hoping to get employers to declare their undeclared workers. The online ad using...

Cyprus

Vote on tougher bill for employing illegal workers in two weeks

Katy TurnerMay 9, 2017

By Katy TurnerMay 9, 20171154

The House labour committee on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of a government bill introducing harsher penalties for undeclared or illegal employment, with the item set...

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Work accidents up almost 20 per cent in a year

George PsyllidesApril 27, 2017

By George PsyllidesApril 27, 201710 268

There were close to 2,000 workplace-related accidents in 2016, a 19.4 per cent year-on-year rise, trade unions said on Thursday. The frequency rate also rose...

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Labour ministry and employers’ federation disagree over 13th salaries

Evie AndreouDecember 12, 2016

By Evie AndreouDecember 12, 20168 336

The labour ministry announced on Monday that non-payment of the 13th salary is an offence liable for up to six months’ imprisonment and/or up to...

Cyprus

Shops which stay open on Monday will be reported, ministry warns

Evie AndreouAugust 12, 2016August 12, 2016

By Evie AndreouAugust 12, 2016August 12, 201646 187

The labour ministry warned on Friday that all shops not allowed to remain open on Monday’s bank holiday would be reported for breaking the law....

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Over 1,000 apply to pay social insurance in instalments

FORMER STAFFAugust 11, 2016

By FORMER STAFFAugust 11, 20162 137

Over 1,000 applications for payment of unpaid social contributions by employers and self-employed individuals in instalments have been received since August 1, when the scheme...

Cyprus

Ground handling workers mull labour minister’s proposal, LGS accepts

Stelios OrphanidesMay 31, 2016

By Stelios OrphanidesMay 31, 2016073

Unions representing workers at the ground handling companies at Cypriot airports will decide on Tuesday on a proposal submitted by labour minister Zeta Emilianidou in...

Cyprus

Mediation between airports ground handling companies, unions unsuccessful

Stelios OrphanidesMay 30, 2016

By Stelios OrphanidesMay 30, 2016091

The ministry of labour and social insurance was unsuccessful in its attempt to mediate between ground handling companies at Cyprus’s airports and its workers, the...