Discussions go on with doctors on pay incentives
Consultations between states doctors and their employer, state health services organisation Okypy over the monetary incentives to be given to public sector specialists continued on...
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After public sector ‘pay gift’, bank workers want a slice
By Peter Michael Loizos Hadjicostis, the bank workers’ union Etyk’s honorary president, said on Saturday, banks should realise their issues will not be resolved by...
Four male BBC journalists agree pay cuts after inequality row
Four of the highest paid male BBC journalists have agreed to pay cuts, the broadcaster said on Friday, following revelations that its top male news reporters and...
Foreign minister opposes cuts to diplomats’ pay
Foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Thursday he is opposed to any cuts in the allowances paid to members of diplomatic missions. He was responding...
Women in developed countries ‘more educated than men, earn less’
Women in developed countries are now more educated than men, yet they still earn less, are poorly represented in politics, and less likely to join...
Our View: Unions should not be allowed to ruin tourism revival
EVERY few weeks we read in the papers about a new high achieved by the tourism industry this year. We have read about a record...
Government forced to rethink plans for civil service reform
Discussion of a package of six government bills, designed to overhaul appraisal, promotion and transfers in the public sector, went into start-stop mode on Monday...
Army to open applications process for professional soldiers on Friday (Updated)
The applications procedure to recruit 3,000 contract soldiers for the National Guard will begin on Friday June 3, and end on June 24, Politis reported...
Unions threaten to strike in hotel industry
Unions representing hotel workers said they are considering industrial action in an attempt to force hoteliers comply with a recently-enacted law governing employment terms, and...
Nurses to up strike measures on Monday
PASYNO nurses union has unanimously decided to recommend escalating measures leading up to a general meeting due to be held on Monday afternoon in Nicosia,...
Strikes averted as Lufthansa, cabin crew progress on pay, pensions
Lufthansa and its main cabin crew union have agreed preliminary deals on pay and pensions and have come up with a mediation scheme for other...
Nurses to take strike decision
THE members of the nurses’ union on Friday decided in their majority to take measures, including striking indefinitely, should they get their allowances abolished for...
Judges volunteer 20 per cent pay cut
JUDGES have fulfilled their pledge to contribute part of their salaries to the state after winning an appeal against the pay cuts imposed by the...