Posts tagged with "public sector"

Risks seen from Gesy, public wage bill Cyprus

Risks seen from Gesy, public wage bill

March 22nd, 20191373 DESPITE ITS strong growth, the Cypriot economy still has key vulnerabilities, like the high level of bad debts, which could be compounded by the worsening external environment, EU officials said on Friday. According to European Commission staff who conducted the sixth post-programme surveillance mission in liaison with staff from the...
Public sector employment rose in 4th quarter 2018 Cyprus

Public sector employment rose in 4th quarter 2018

March 14th, 2019871 Employment in the public sector rose in the 4th quarter of 2018, according to figures released by the statistical service on Thursday. The number of employees in the public sector in the last quarter of the previous year rose to 68,351 of which 62,414 served in the general government, and 5,937 in state-owned companies. In the...
AG to review court decision nullifying law that cut public sector pensions Cyprus

AG to review court decision nullifying law that cut public sector pensions

November 29th, 20181812 By Elias Hazou Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday his office was carefully reviewing the court decision to assess whether an appeal would be filed. He was responding briefly to the administrative court’s decision this week that declared null and void a 2012 law which had imposed cuts on the pensions of public...
After public sector ‘pay gift’, bank workers want a slice Business

After public sector ‘pay gift’, bank workers want a slice

June 2nd, 20183394 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 withholding annual pay rises or the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA). Speaking at the 50th Annual Etyk Conference, Hadjicostis said the government’s decision this...
Progress on electronic signature legislation Cyprus

Progress on electronic signature legislation

March 28th, 20182468 The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday debated draft legislation dealing with the introduction of electronic signatures. "It is a major reform that will help the public, all of us in our everyday life, and will certainly benefit business,” said deputy head of the committee and Disy MP Demetris Demetriou. "We are late in...
Over 700 new public sector jobs Cyprus

Over 700 new public sector jobs

March 14th, 20182481 Cabinet on Thursday approved more than 700 job posts in the civil service for permanent and hourly paid posts in a bid to fill part of the vacant posts created due to the freeze in hiring during the economic crisis. According to government spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, the cabinet approved 436 job posts in state services, 211 posts...
Fully recycled paper for the first time in public sector Cyprus

Fully recycled paper for the first time in public sector

November 6th, 20171591 The treasury has entered a framework agreement for the purchase, for the first time, of one hundred per cent recycled paper, and has achieved 3 per cent in savings compared to the price obtained in previous competitions for recycled paper, it was announced on Monday. According to the announcement, treasury held a competition for the...
Public sector urged to end demand for pay rise Cyprus

Public sector urged to end demand for pay rise

October 12th, 20172717 Cyprus should not return to past practices when governments agreed to union demands during election years, deputy spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Wednesday, a day after unions announced work stoppages after they were refused a two per cent pay rise. “We must all together, social partners included, safeguard the sacrifices of...
Public sector failing to comply with court decisions Cyprus

Public sector failing to comply with court decisions

September 20th, 20171983 Lawmakers on Wednesday discussed the need to enact legislation compelling administrative authorities to comply with court decisions. The House ethics committee heard that a lot of sectors such as the civil service, the police, army and the wider public sector, including local authorities, failed to comply with decisions that concerned...
Public sector workers up 4% in Q1, Cystat says Cyprus

Public sector workers up 4% in Q1, Cystat says

June 14th, 2017137 The number of workers in the wider public sector rose 4 per cent to 66,124 in the first three months of the year compared to the respective period of 2016, the statistical service said. The increase in January to March was mainly on a 5 per cent annual rise in the number of staffers working for the central government to 55,942...
Economy will not withstand a repeat of past mistakes, OEB says after nurses' deal Health

Economy will not withstand a repeat of past mistakes, OEB says after nurses' deal

March 5th, 20171402 The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) is deeply concerned about the pay hike granted to nurses, saying on Sunday it would open a Pandora's box. OEB said that although it has great respect for the profession, it warned that the pay deal would have knock-on effects in a host of other sectors that would shoot up the cost of...
MPs urged to pass civil service reform bills (Updated) featured

MPs urged to pass civil service reform bills (Updated)

August 29th, 20161414 The House finance committee on Monday began discussion of a batch of government bills aiming to reform the civil service, with Public Service Reform Commissioner Constantinos Petrides appealing to MPs to pass the legislation as swiftly as possible. The initial bills package had been submitted in August 2015, but the government agreed...
EU Commission's VP Katainen calls on Cyprus to set up an investment platform Cyprus

EU Commission's VP Katainen calls on Cyprus to set up an investment platform

June 9th, 20161297 Jirki Katainen, the European Commission's Vice President called on Cyprus to consider setting up an investment platform combining both public and private sector in a bid to tap risk-financing from the massive European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) totalling €315 billion. The EFSI, or the Juncker plan, named after the...
Striking ports workers march to protest Greek ports sales Recommended

Striking ports workers march to protest Greek ports sales

May 31st, 20161039 Greek port workers walked off the job for a sixth day on Tuesday and marched through central Athens to protest the state-sanctioned selloff of the country's two largest ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki. Privatisations have been a pillar of a succession of international bailouts for Greece since 2010, but political resistance and...
Reform process expected to be slow in new parliament Cyprus

Reform process expected to be slow in new parliament

May 30th, 2016157 Populist opposition politicians are reiterating their intention to water down proposed reforms – or even reversing some already in place – while a DISY deputy, the only pro-reform party backing the government, warned that reforms remain a one-way street for the economy. Angelos Votsis, a deputy from DIKO, the party which in 2015...
Public sector remains Cyprus’s Achilles heel, Mavrides says Cyprus

Public sector remains Cyprus’s Achilles heel, Mavrides says

December 7th, 2015117 By Stelios Orphanides The public sector remains the Achilles’s heel of the Cypriot economy as it continues to drain resources from households and firms even after completing most reforms agreed in exchange to bailout funds, an economist, member of the parliament said. “This is the major problem of the economy,” said DISY...
No idea when NHS will be ready, MPs are told Cyprus

No idea when NHS will be ready, MPs are told

November 26th, 20151432 The government’s aim is to implement the national health system as soon as possible, Health Minister George Pamboridis said on Thursday, but could not give a timeframe since state hospitals must first become independent. “Time is not the criterion,” the minister told reporters. “It is when and how soon we can streamline state...
Number of public sector workers drops 1.1% in September Cyprus

Number of public sector workers drops 1.1% in September

October 12th, 2015135 By Stelios Orphanides The number of workers in the public sector dropped an annual 1.1 per cent in September to 48,038 on a decrease in the number of permanent workers which offset a rise in the number of casual staffers, the statistical service said. The number of overall permanent workers dropped 2.6 per cent in September to...
Proposal to raise police retirement age rejected all round Cyprus

Proposal to raise police retirement age rejected all round

March 3rd, 20151644 The government, the civil servants union PASYDY and police officer unions have roundly rejected a proposal for raising the retirement age from 63 to 65 for certain police officers. Under a bill co-drafted by DIKO MP Fytos Constandinou and DISY’s Prodromos Prodromou, the statutory retirement age would be increased to 65 for officers...
Medical association calls for cooperation to curb abuse of sickies   Cyprus

Medical association calls for cooperation to curb abuse of sickies  

February 10th, 20151122 By George Psyllides The medical association (PIS) on Tuesday urged authorities to co-operate to stamp out sickies in the public sector, asking for suspicious cases to be referred to them for investigation. The association’s announcement came four days after Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos described the phenomenon of pulling...
Number of public workers drops by 2,500 in a year Business

Number of public workers drops by 2,500 in a year

October 31st, 2014982 The number of workers employed directly or indirectly by the government fell by 2,520 to 65,811 in the second quarter of 2014 compared to a year before, the statistical service said on Friday. The drop was mainly on a reduction of the central government workforce which fell by 1,502 to 54,010, Cystat said in a statement. The number...
Public sector unions to stage general strike Cyprus

Public sector unions to stage general strike

September 12th, 20141121 Public sector unions decided to stage a general strike next Friday to protest the government's intention to tax retirement bonuses. The decision was taken during a broad union meeting held on Friday. Civil servants have gone on the warpath after Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said taxing their retirement bonus was under...
World Bank outlines civil service overhaul Cyprus

World Bank outlines civil service overhaul

February 25th, 20141522 THE ABOLITION of combined pay-scales and a change in the evaluating system so only a minimal number of workers can be promoted were some of the suggestions made by the World Bank in a report on the restructuring of the public service. Daily Haravgi reported on Monday what it said were the main recommendations of the report ahead of...
New jobs schemes for under 25s Cyprus

New jobs schemes for under 25s

February 13th, 20141132 Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou will on Friday announce new schemes aiming at the employment of 5,000 young people for a period six months to acquire on-the-job experience. The plan, which will cost €40 million was discussed during a meeting of the National Employment Committee on Thursday. It will be co-financed by the European...
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