New stimulus package could fall flat
Businesses balk at renewing job incentives, fear it would only delay, not stop likely layoffs By Kyriacos Iacovides UNCERTAINTY surrounds the latest package of measures...
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Sek union charges Covid-19 being used as excuse to lay off staff
Sek trade union charged on Thursday that certain employers were exploiting the situation to lay off staff. The union said it will immediately report the...
Government guarantees jobs under municipal mergers
The government on Tuesday inched closer to its ambitious plan to overhaul local government, signing an agreement with municipalities guaranteeing job and pension security for...
Greed, not wages, responsible for problems in the economy, Sek says
The myth that wages and the cost of living allowance Cola, are to blame for all the problems in the economy are misleading, Sek union...
Mountain summer camp to be turned into quarantine unit
The ministry of health is moving ahead with creating a quarantine centre for people who have come into contact with the coronavirus. According to a...
Bank union lashes out at Sek for poaching members
Banking union Etyk complained on Monday that other trade unions were attempting to poach members from them. Etyk was responding to a decision last week...
Bank employees’ unions ‘sending clear message’ with strike action (Updated)
Bank employees’ union Etyk intends to send a clear message to the management of Hellenic Bank by staging a work stoppage on Friday, an announcement...
Sexual harassment code to be included in collective agreements
Employers and Industrialists Federation OEB and labour unions Sek and Peo have signed a code of conduct for sexual harassment in the workplace, with the...
Emel bus drivers call off indefinite strike
A planned indefinite strike by workers at Limassol bus company Emel that was slated for Tuesday will not now go ahead after they reached an...
Construction workers to stage strike next month
Construction workers will go on a 24-hour strike next month as a warning to the building contractors that employ them to respect their collective agreement...
Construction workers say they’ve run out of patience
Construction workers have authorised their trade unions to announce strike measures when it is deemed necessary to defend their rights and convince employers to respect...
Hotel workers fear new bill will lead to massive layoffs
Hundreds of hotel workers went on the march on Tuesday in Nicosia to protest a bill before the House that, according to unions, abolishes all...
Hotel workers on the march on Tuesday to protest new bill
Hotel workers are to hold a mass protest outside the finance ministry on Tuesday over a bill currently before parliament for discussion, which aims to...
Hotel workers threaten measures if new bill is voted on without their input
Trade unions representing hotel workers on Thursday threatened to take measures unless the voting in parliament on a bill for the operation of hotels is...
SEK, PEO Pasydy accept Co-op scheme, slammed by Etyk
By Stelios Orphanides Three unions of the failed state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank agreed Thursday to accept the Co-op’s improved voluntary retirement scheme which bank workers’...
Government stuns by agreeing reversal of pay cuts with unions
By Stelios Orphanides A day after the fiscal watchdog warned of serious risks threatening the economy, the government stunned business groups by agreeing in talks...
Parents say 10,000 pupils will be affected if all-day school teachers strike
By Evie Andreou Organised parents of primary pupils on Monday urged the association of teachers of optional all-day schools not to act hastily and risk...
Planned work stoppage at Limassol port cancelled
A two-hour stoppage by Limassol port workers scheduled on Monday has been cancelled, trade unions said on Friday after procedures were set in motion to...
President’s pre-election promise on minimum wages needs more discussion, union says
The head of umbrella union SEK said on Tuesday that the issue of a minimum wage for each profession was touched on during a broad...
Limassol bus workers threaten new 48-hour strike
More than 250 employees working for Limassol’s public bus company, Emel, who went on a 24-work stoppage on Tuesday said their next move would be...
