Coronavirus: Pandemic sees 15 per cent fewer hours worked in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic led to a 15 per cent drop in the number of actual hours worked in Cyprus in 2020 compared to 2019 –...
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Police to shave 2.5 hours off working week
Parliament on Friday is expected to approve a bill that will gradually reduce work hours in the police force from 40 a week to 37.5,...
European stats show teachers well paid, work few hours
The state audit service published European-wide statistics on salaries and working hours on Tuesday that showed Cypriot teachers were better paid and worked less hours...
Health ministry urges public to report doctors seen slacking
The health ministry on Thursday urged the public to report any doctors in state health centres who refuse to see patients during working hours. The...
Who works the most hours every year?
Across the globe, people are firmly back in the working groove after all the fun, relaxation and overindulgence of the holiday season. This year, some...
Tourist’s life saved ‘thanks to extended lifeguard hours’
Extended lifeguard hours, a move that was long overdue, may have been huge factor in saving the life of a 72-year-old Norwegian tourist earlier in...
Health sector crisis going from bad to worse, state doctors say
MORE and more state doctors are leaving the public sector and replacements have been slow to step forward due mainly to the appalling salaries and...
AG says teachers exemptions should be regulated by law
THE issue of teaching-hours exemptions for state educators, which is costing the state millions, must be properly regulated by law, the attorney-general has said. In...
Lifeguards out in protest on Friday
LIFEGUARDS will hold a protest on Friday, demanding extension of their working hours to prevent more lives from being lost at sea. The vice chairman...
ETYK on collision course with Societe Generale
By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers union ETYK warned that it could call for labour action at Societe Generale Bank Cyprus Limited after the latter asked...
ETYK makes new Hellenic threats, CEO sees no room for talks
By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers union ETYK threatened to escalate industrial action at Hellenic Bank after asking members to refrain from overtime work at the...
Napa lifeguards extend working time by one hour
As of Thursday, Ayia Napa municipality extended the daily working schedule of lifeguards by one hour on 10 beaches. Until the end of August, lifeguards...
Skiving civil servants told to behave
A CIRCULAR has been sent to civil servants who work in departments dealing with the public, warning them to stop leaving early and fobbing people...
Lifeguards want better treatment
By Andria Kades LIFEGUARDS protested outside Akti Olympion beach in Limassol demanding the regulating of their profession, extending their working hours and be employed all...
Demonstrators call for longer shop hours (Update 3)
By Angelos Anastasiou Employer and employee unions staged a protest outside parliament on Monday in support of extending shop working hours, a heavily contested issue...
Shop hours get another extension
By Angelos Anastasiou THE Council of Ministers yesterday rubber stamped the Labour ministry’s proposal to extend shop working hours across the island, and authorised Labour...
Ayia Napa municipality to expand lifeguard hours
By Evie Andreou THE FOUR most crowded beaches in Ayia Napa will have lifeguards until 7pm the Ayia Napa municipality has decided. At the Grecian...
Agios Dometios in dire straits, but don’t bet on the horses
By Constantinos Psillides TROUBLE is brewing at the Agios Dometios municipality, as it can no longer afford to pay its 75 employees, according to mayor...
Deputies put off upsetting public servants
By Elias Hazou TO THE satisfaction of civil servants, lawmakers yesterday postponed voting on a legislative proposal for a one-off scale cut on the 13th...
Civil servants to get two work-hour options
By Stefanos Evripidou THE CABINET yesterday approved an amendment bill finalising public service hours following various experimentations aimed at reducing overtime pay and modernising the...