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...
Court rejects small shopkeepers’ appeal
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by small shopkeepers union POVEK against decrees regulating shop opening hours in designated tourist areas Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou...
Sunday opening not destroying small business, labour minister says
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Sunday rubbished claims by small businesses that extended opening hours were destroying them and exploiting workers, as a final Supreme...
Standoff over shop hours nearing conclusion as Supreme Court wraps up
The Supreme Court has deferred judgment having concluded hearing a case regarding a dispute between the government and the legislature on shop-opening hours. Supreme Court...
When it comes to the shop opening debate, narrow-minded deputies should read their Darwin
By George Koumoullis IN 1934, the men who made horse-drawn carriages sent a memo to Governor Herbert Palmer asking him to stop the import of...
AKEL youth wing in nationwide campaign against Sunday opening
The youth wing of leftist AKEL on Saturday went on a nationwide campaign covering 17 shopping areas islandwide to make young workers aware of their...
Opposition parties propose stricter penalties for shop hour violations
Opposition parties said Thursday they were submitting a bill providing for stricter penalties for shops which violated working hours. AKEL MP Andreas Fakontis said the...
More fines on shops for Wednesday opening
Retailers have received yet more fines for defying a parliamentary decision requiring them to remain closed on Sundays and Wednesday afternoons. The number of those...
Supreme Court defers ruling on shop hours
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on a dispute between the government and parliament over shop hours sometime next month, it emerged...
MPs attempt to raise the stakes in shop hours dispute
By Angelos Anastasiou The House labour committee on Monday decided to prepare a legislative proposal raising the penalties for shop owners violating the legally-prescribed schedule...
AKEL slams government’s latest move on shop hours
By Angelos Anastasiou Questioning parliament’s right to amend or oppose government bills and regulations by the attorney-general is without precedent, AKEL spokesman Giorgos Loukaides said...