Civil servant paid €280,000 while suspended and not working
A senior civil servant has been paid about €280,000 over six and a half years while on temporary leave and not working, according to the public service commission’s annual report ...
Women now dominate all levels of Cyprus civil service
Women now outnumber men at every level of Cyprus’ civil service, including senior management positions traditionally dominated by men, according to figures presented by Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Giorgos ...
Our View: Increasing pay for contract soldiers can’t be back door to civil service
Boosted pay and service benefits will be offered by the defence ministry to make the job of national guard private more attractive, according to press reports. The national guard is ...
Our View: Takata report reveals utter indifference by our public service
The report of the committee investigating the criminal failure of the authorities to protect drivers of cars with the potentially lethal Takata airbags was released on Tuesday. It highlighted the ...
Audit office receives updated pension bills
The audit office on Friday said it had received the updated bills from parliament regarding changes to regulations on public officials receiving multiple pensions.
In their proposal submitted at the ...
The Public Service Commission still lacks accountability
By Efi Xanthou
The ruckus over the claims concerning the qualifications of the permanent secretary of the health ministry Christina Yiannaki have immersed us over the last month. I am ...
‘Ageism by public service employees a dishonour’
State services are plagued by ageism, the head of the Third Age Observatory, Dimos Antoniou, told the CyBC.
The watchdog organisation rep’s statements came in the wake of an ...
Greek men suffer discrimination during public service promotions in Cyprus, Lottides says
Men who served the army in Greece are discriminated against in Cyprus where public service promotions are concerned, a report by Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides revealed on Thursday.
Poeple working ...
Priority to society’s vulnerable groups granted by law
News law giving priority to vulnerable groups in areas serving the public was approved by the House last week, but there are doubts about how it will be implemented.
A ...
MPs reject president’s veto on private sector jobs for retired public officials
The House on Thursday rejected the president’s veto on a law expanding the list of public officials needing special permission to be employed in the private sector after they ...
Almost 5,000 public servants illegally engaged in private sector – audit office
According to a confidential report sent by the audit office to the parliament on April 12, almost 5,000 civil servants and public service employees are illegally engaged in private-sector businesses as shareholders, ...
Reforms: A race against time
Cyprus hopes to tap some €1.2 billion from the EU’s Resilience and Recovery Facility, in exchange for which it pledges to implement a series of reforms. But it’s a ...