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The welfare department’s unemployment and job searching platform is deficient in crucial ways, Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Tuesday. Speaking to Cyprus Mail Theopemptou said he had ...

Representatives of the service industry called on the government to relax rules regarding the employment of third country nationals, citing a “massive problem” in the lack of human resources. The ...

Tourism revenue surged by 25 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, potentially marking a new record, according to Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis. Koumis had a meeting with ...

Staffing issues, cost increases and a lack of diplomatic missions with some countries were the main concerns raised by the Limassol hoteliers as Pasyxe met on Monday. The hoteliers’ association ...

By Kiki Kallis The Great Resignation phenomenon is one of the biggest employment challenges of our time. Thousands of workers around the world have left their jobs in pursuit of ...

Restaurants and other hospitality venues in Paphos are struggling to find the workers required to keep their businesses in operation, Paphos Leisure Centre Owners Association (Sikap) president Angelos Onisiforou said ...

Around 130 Turkish Cypriots will be interviewed on Tuesday for jobs in the Republic under a recent deal between the main trade unions on both sides to help ease labour shortages, ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...

The Turkish Cypriot union Turk-Sen is partnering with Greek Cypriot labour union Sek to allow up to 8,000 Turkish Cypriots to work in the government-controlled areas, according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper ...

Unemployment has dropped to the lowest level in the last 20 years, while during the coronavirus situation the state has spent around €920 million in supporting employees and businesses, Labour Minister Zeta ...

MPs on Tuesday gave authorities a month to help farmers address a shortage in labour created in part by foreign workers taking up undeclared work elsewhere or applying for political ...

Minister of Labour Zeta Emilianidou has issued a decree simplifying the paperwork and procedures required for employers to hire asylum seekers on a temporary basis. The decree in question appeared ...

Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared because of the pandemic and the uncertainty ...

Amid reports businesses are struggling to find staff, the labour ministry said on Friday that third-country students who were in Cyprus on May 31 will be allowed to work in nine ...