#workplace safety

While the number of non-fatal work accidents has decreased by 35.5 per cent, Cyprus has seen a dramatic increase in fatal work accidents since 2017, Eurostat reported on Monday. In Cyprus, 1,148 of ...

A 60-year-old plumber was seriously injured on Tuesday after falling and hitting his head at a work site in Limassol. Police said the workplace accident was reported at 10.15am. According ...

Thirty people lost their lives on the job since 2021 and more than 4,000 were injured in the workplace in the same period, the president of the Technical Chamber Etek said on ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou stressed the importance of safety and health in the workplace during an event co-organised by the department of labour inspection and CNP Insurance on Wednesday, adding ...

Larnaca district court on Thursday handed down fines to two companies, having found them guilty of violating workplace safety rules relating to the same incident that led to the electrocution ...

The department of labour inspection has pursued criminal charges against an individual and a company called Harco Trading Ltd for breaking laws concerning workplace safety and health. The Nicosia district ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou outlined on Monday the challenges ahead in ensuring workplace health and safety protocols in a changing labour environment amidst the digital transformation. He welcomed the beginning ...

Workers can report incidents of violence or harassment through a new free-of-charge phone service that began operations on Monday. The service, which aims to provide support to any employee who ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday said the state has the responsibility to ensure that the appropriate safety and health rules in the workplace not only exist and are applied, ...

Labour union Peo is holding a march to demand for the right for every employee to return home able-bodied and healthy. The event will take place on Wednesday at 5pm ...

A Paphos company engaged in limestone extraction has been fined €23,000 for failure to implement safety and health regulations in the workplace leading to the death of an employee and the ...

A fine of €25,000 was imposed by the labor inspection department on Livadia municipality over safety violations at work which led to the death of a worker. Larnaca district court sentenced ...

Four legal entities and four individual employers have been fined by the in Larnaca for violations of work safety regulations that resulted in injury to workers, it was announced on ...

Six more companies have been fined between €6,000 and €10,000 for various workplace lapses that resulted in injury to employees, in one case an amputated arm, and in another, amputated fingers One ...

The Workplace Inspection Department on Tuesday reported on court rulings so far this year against companies and employers found guilty of lax workplace safety and health practices, where in some ...

An inspection campaign in the manufacturing sector will be carried out in May, June and November to promote work safety. “The aim of the campaign is to reduce the high ...