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...
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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...
Going to work on the other side
As talks on a settlement have entered a more decisive phase over the last couple of years, young professionals and companies from both sides...
Man critical after work accident
A man was in critical condition in Nicosia hospital after a work accident at a building site in Larnaca on Friday, police said. “At around...
Cyprus’ new division: two time zones now a reality
NICOSIA, aside from being the only divided capital, as of today is now also probably the world’s only city of its size to have two...
Warning over pensions danger for retirees
A large number of provident funds and individual pension plans have been terminated as a result of the financial crisis of 2013, and further delay...
Ministry official was absent from work 21 months out of 24
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is investigating a disciplinary case concerning a finance ministry official who was allegedly unjustifiably absent from his duties for 21 months...
The future of work
The increased awareness of artificial intelligence and its potential in the enterprise has given rise to concerns that intelligent machines are going to disrupt the...
GMI recipients to be put to work, ‘but it’s not forced labour’ minister says
The government’s Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) scheme will be entering its third phase, which entails finding jobs for recipients who were able to work, Labour...
Civil servant on €5,000 a month complains of having to play Sudoku to kill time
In the second such case this year, a civil servant has complained to President Nicos Anastasiades saying he is being paid over €5,000 per month...
MPs agree to speed up before elections
LAWMAKERS from all parties agreed on Thursday to speed up work on a dozen bills – primarily relating to public-sector reform – during the current...
Emilianidou offers support to fired cancer patient, Iliofotou: we won a battle but not the war
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Tuesday her ministry would support the cancer survivor who was fired by her employer days after returning to work...
Medical association calls for cooperation to curb abuse of sickies
By George Psyllides The medical association (PIS) on Tuesday urged authorities to co-operate to stamp out sickies in the public sector, asking for suspicious cases...