#Yiannis Panayiotou

The biggest pension hike in three decades was approved on Friday by the cabinet with an increase in the basic allowance by 5.94 per cent and in the supplementary amount by 1.49 ...

The labour market in 2024 is “the best” of the last 15 years in terms of new job creation, the employment rate and salaries, the government claimed on Tuesday. Labour Minister Yiannis ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou made a fool of himself at the weekend when he issued an official statement denying he had made comments attributed to him in a report by ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday warned both sides in the cement workers dispute that the economy had been pushed to the limit over something that could and should have ...

Negotiations to end the labour crisis in the cement works have reached a deadlock, with aftershocks to be felt across the economy, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thurdsay. Trade ...

Efforts are ongoing by the ministry of labour on Friday to bridge the gap between the concrete workers’ and employer demands, as entering into a third week of strikes looms. ...

Concrete manufacturers and traders went on strike on Thursday, demanding to be paid for overtime worked and a return to their pre-2013 collective labour agreement conditions. The workers gathered at ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou called for restraint from both employees and trade union representatives on Wednesday as workers in the concrete industry began an indefinite strike. The strike was prompted ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday said pension reform is a government priority. Addressing a conference centred on the matter of pensions, he said the fact that universal social insurance ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday visited the construction site for the University of Cyprus’ new Medical School, as part of activities for the European Week for Safety and Health ...

Employers have agreed to a labour ministry proposal in the ongoing negotiation for the renewal of collective agreements in the hotel industry, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Monday. He ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has put forward a mediation proposal for the sectoral collective agreement in the hotel industry and expects the employers and trade unions to return with their ...

Bills aimed to tackle undeclared work are set to be discussed in parliament come September, with unions and the government appearing to be on the same page on clamping down ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou announced on Thursday that there have been improvements in the speed of payments from the social insurance fund. Comparing data from June 2024 to June 2023, Panayiotou highlighted ...

Ahead of a decisive trade union meeting on July 25, during which construction workers may agree to strike, the labour minister appears “optimistic” that imminent mediation could pan out. The labour ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou announced on Tuesday that the 12 per cent penalty imposed on pensions taken two years before the legal retirement age of 65 cannot be abolished. If it were, ...

Reduced pensions for early retirement cannot be scrapped as that would come at an annual cost of €100 million, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday as talks continue into pensions. ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday that undeclared work in Cyprus has increased by 13 per cent in the last year. Speaking to CyBC in the morning, Panayiotou said that ...

The Council of Ministers approved three new bills aimed at strengthening measures against illegal and undeclared work, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said in a statement on Wednesday. The new legislation ...

An architectural design tender was launched on Friday for the remodelling and expansion of the labour ministry while maintaining the building’s identity and historical character. The original form of ...

By Robert Morgan Around 4,000 more positions in Cypriot hotels have been filled in the first three months of this year than last after the foreign worker application process was streamlined, ...

With third country nationals receiving their work permits earlier through expedited procedures, the tourism industry is fully staffed and ready for the summer wave of tourists. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou ...

Unemployment in Cyprus has reached its lowest levels in the past 15 years, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. In the first quarter of 2024, unemployment was at 6 per cent, which ...

Fighting the growing trend of illegal and undeclared work in Cyprus is proving to be a challenge, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Sunday. Addressing the 29th Annual General Assembly ...