Talks begin on cost of living allowance (Updated)
DISCUSSIONS between private sector employers and workers’ unions on reintroducing the cost of living allowance (CoLA) commenced on Monday under the auspices of Labour...
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No intention of cutting minimum wage, labour minister says
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou made it clear on Friday that it was not the government’s intention to cut the minimum wage, in the wake of a public...
Supreme Court dismisses accusations it acted like a trade union
The Supreme Court did not act as a trade union in advising parliament that including judges, the attorney-general, and his deputy, in a government bill...
Hotel wage row ‘bad for tourism’
The government and the Cyprus Hotel Association on Friday called on the unions to stop washing their dirty laundry in public as it was...
FBME staff reach deal on payment of wages and benefits
Workers at FBME bank and a special administrator overseeing the shuttering of the embattled lender have come to an agreement regarding the payment of salaries...
Fine-dodging public servants will see dues deducted from salary
Over 650 public servants are to have outstanding fines deducted directly from their salaries after playing cat and mouse when it came to coughing up...
Foreign governments press Saudi Arabia on workers’ delayed wages
By Katie Paul, Marwa Rashad and Karen Lema Foreign governments are pressing authorities and executives in Saudi Arabia to ensure that local construction firms make...
Hotel workers set to announce strike action
Hotel worker unions said they will decide on Wednesday strike action citing the employers’ refusal to return to pre-crisis employment terms after a collective agreement...
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...
Unions vow to restore lost rights in 2016
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS’ main trade unions on Wednesday pledged to spend 2016 battling to restore the lost rights of members and to continue the...
