Cyprus misses EU targets on cutting flight delays
Air traffic controllers received €2.84m in overtime pay and benefits for 2016, while Cyprus missed an EU-set target on flight delay timings, a report by...
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Unpaid fines and police overtime problems for justice ministry
Excessive overtime pay in the police force and unpaid fines were two major operational issues identified by Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides in his 2015 justice ministry...
Furious Pamboridis tells doctors: you are not above the law
By Evie Andreou and Annette Chrysostomos Furious Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis on Monday told state doctors they were not above the law as his ministry...
Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers
By Stanley White Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or “karoshi”, a phenomenon previously associated with the...
Hellenic Bank mulls taking the gloves off with ETYK as labour action continues
By Stelios Orphanides As ETYK members continue to abstain from overtime work at Hellenic Bank for a fourth consecutive week, the lender mulls taking its...
Doctors to make final decision on strike by Monday
By Evie Andreou State doctors’ union PASYKI will decide on Monday whether they will proceed with their announced strike on Wednesday, the union’s deputy Dr...
Policeman being investigated for allegedly falsifying overtime logs
A police officer in Paphos is under investigation for allegedly defrauding the state, following reports that he filed overtime pay applications without actually working, police...
State doctors end strike threat
State doctors have called off threatened strike action after a meeting on Friday with Health Minister Philippos Patsalis. The minister had agreed to meet with...
State doctors announce strike measures
By Constantinos Psillides State doctors will go on a four-hour strike on July 21, followed by a 2- hour strike on July 28, if the...
Port to operate as normal pending new talks
By Constantinos Psillides A new weekend overtime ban by Cyprus Port Authority (CPA) workers was averted at the eleventh hour on Friday, after the union...
