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...
State doctors ‘being cheated’ out of their overtime
By Elias Hazou HEALTH minister Petros Petrides has ordered an inquiry into allegations by state doctors at Nicosia General Hospital that they are being cheated...
Health minister blasts greedy doctors
By Constantinos Psillides HEALTH Minister Petros Petrides yesterday slammed a proposal by the state doctors’ union PASYKI that money be cut from elsewhere in the...
First post-bailout budget wrapped up
By Elias Hazou THE 2014 budget, passed by the House last night, features cutbacks across the board as an effectively broke state tightens the belt...
Breathalyser checks will not be affected by police overtime cuts
A REDUCTION in police overtime hours will not prevent officers from carrying out breathalyser tests the weekends according to head of Nicosia traffic police Demetris...
Cabinet continues its discussions on 2014 budget
By Peter Stevenson THE government is looking into all allowances and benefits in order to create the fairest budget under the current conditions while still...
Public service union says new hours from September 1 won’t work
By Peter Stevenson THE NEW public service hours due to come into effect from September 1 will not achieve the troika’s goals, or save...
