MPs close in on paternity leave rules
The government and lawmakers on Tuesday appeared to converge on a window of 26 weeks during which a father may apply for paternity leave. Currently,...
Paternity leave
Extending period for paternity leave being looked at
The House labour committee on Tuesday discussed a bill for extending the time window for paternity leave to help families balance their family and professional...
Reversing the low birth rate
The government has recently improved maternity benefits, but will this encourage couples to have more children? New government measures to fight falling birth rates...
Finland to offer new fathers as much paid leave as mothers
Finland’s woman-led centre-left government plans to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers, nearly doubling paternity leave, it...
Our View: Upping birth rate not a simple matter of money
Under the headline ‘The four big wounds of the low birth rate in Cyprus’, the Akel newspaper Haravghi arrived at the rather simplistic conclusion that...
Paternity leave bill poised for supreme court scrutiny
The House plenum voted on Wednesday against President Nicos Anstasiades’ referral back to parliament of a bill to grant paternity leave and benefits to unmarried...
House to vote on paternity leave, benefits for unmarried fathers
The House plenum will on Wednesday vote on whether it accepts or rejects the president’s referral of a bill that granted paternity leave and benefits...
House extends paternity leave to unmarried couples
By Evie Andreou The House plenum on Friday voted into law two bills extending the right to paternity allowance to men who are not married...
Labour minister has serious reservations over paternity leave for single fathers
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said Tuesday she had serious reservations over an opposition proposal to extend paternity leave to single fathers who live with the...
Paternity law review after some fathers excluded
Six months after paid paternity leave kicked off, MPs have been inundated with complaints that the system is failing. During Tuesday’s House labour committee deputies...
