Pissarides: Covid has irrevocably changed the labour market
By Yiannis Seitanidis The ‘new world’, as it emerges after the coronavirus pandemic, will be more complex than anyone could have imagined, according to Nobel prizewinner...
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Coronavirus: Number of employees allowed on premises increased
The health ministry on Wednesday announced that the minimum number of people who need to be physically present in workplaces has been raised to five...
Unexpected foes: weak links in innovation roadmaps
By Dimis Michaelides Imagine you are implementing a transformation programme in your organisation. You have it all spelt out with the fashionable jargon of our...
First ever red warning for high temperatures says met office (Update 2)
With temperatures hitting 44C inland on Monday, the met office issued its first ever red warning for high temperatures as the health and labour ministries...
Turkish Cypriots stage new protest on Thursday (Updated)
Meetings between stakeholders were ongoing in the north over reopening checkpoints while for the second time this week, Turkish Cypriots living in the north who...
Returning to work sparks fear, caution and also optimism
By Peter Michael and Bejay Browne ALL across the employment spectrum, from private businesses to the public service, employees are both delighted and fearful of...
Coronavirus: health ministry releases list of vulnerable groups for work purposes
The health ministry has released a detailed list of those it considers to be vulnerable person and who must practice extreme caution when going back...
Workplace accidents on the rise, but slower than in recent years
THERE was an increase of 4.2 per cent in the number of work accidents last year, a newly published report by the labour inspection department...
Anastasiades highlights challenges to future of work at ILO conference (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday repeated a pre-election pledge to engage in a dialogue to establish a national minimum wage once conditions of full employment...
Technology as game-changer and life-changer
By Dimis Michaelides “The job your child will do doesn’t exist yet,” said the young principal from one of Singapore’s most prestigious private schools in...
