House passes shop-hours regulation back to govt
Parliament on Friday voted to return the authority on regulating shopping hours back to the labour minister, thus ending a row spanning over five years....
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Shops must close Easter Sunday and Monday, labour ministry says
General shops must remain closed on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday the labour ministry said. In an announcement, the ministry said that according to the...
Easter opening hours
General shops such as supermarkets must remain closed on Easter Sunday and Monday according to the law, the labour ministry announced on Wednesday. Employees of...
Our View: Time to close the book on the issue of shop opening hours
THE COMEDY surrounding Sunday shopping is back. After a break of a few months, the issue is back in the news because Akel believes there...
‘Let justice decide who is right’
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Monday said that he had made many interventions to the government for shops to remain closed on August 15 and on Sundays...
Bank holiday opening ‘turning workers into slaves’
Small and medium businesses operating on Anexartisias Street, in Limassol, accused big retailers of turning workers into slaves by making them work on bank holidays....
Shops must close on Easter Sunday and Monday
All general shops must remain closed on Easter Sunday and Monday, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday. In addition, on Good Friday and Saturday...
Our View: Legal conundrum means market forces will determine shop hours
THE SAGA of the shop opening hours had to end in farce, all branches of power – executive, judiciary, legislative – combining to prove, in...
Supreme Court rejects state’s appeal on shop hours (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Nicos Anastasiades’ appeal against parliament’s right to amend or reject government proposals on matters strictly within the remit...
AG: parliament has created a chaotic situation with shop hours
The Nicosia district court ruled a 2006 law on shops’ working hours unconstitutional, it was announced on Friday. The law came back into effect on...
