#labour relations

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening made an appeal to both trade unions and employers, urging them to exercise patience in the face of ongoing differences in the context of ...

Balancing wages and the cost of life was the focus of a meeting on Monday that gathered trade unions from across Cyprus, with trade unionists calling for a meeting with ...

Concrete factory employees are going on an indefinite strike, it was announced on Monday, following the failure to resolve a dispute over their renewed collective agreement. The strike is set ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou appeared optimistic that the builders’ collective agreement, pending since 2022, would be finalised this month. Panayiotou presented to the employers and trade unions on Wednesday the mediation ...

The trade unions of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) Epopai, Sidikek and Sibaik will meet on Friday to decide whether to call on strike after citing “serious issues affecting ...

Trade unions on Monday expressed their concern over what they described as workplace bullying ahead of negotiations for collective agreements, saying hotels were pressuring staff to drop their union memberships ...

Consultations are due to restart next week on reinstatement of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), Sek union general secretary Andreas Matsas said on Monday. Matsas told CyBC that the fact that ...

The percentage of foreigners a company is allowed to employ and include into collective agreements has been raised from 30 to 50 per cent, Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos announced on Wednesday. Speaking ...

Deok union blasted the government’s stance on foreign workers on Thursday accusing Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos of sidelining workers’ rights and paving the way for companies to hire third-country ...

Labour Minster Kyriacos Koushios on Wednesday said he would not leave his post until the revamp of strategic plan for hiring third country nationals is promoted to the cabinet. Speaking ...

After a week of ongoing strikes, Wolt drivers and all involved parties have been invited to a meeting at the labour ministry. The meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday morning ...

Divisions have appeared in the government over Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos’ handling of the threatened strike by EAC as he had reportedly failed to stick to what had been agreed ...

Wolt drivers in Nicosia were striking for the second day in a row on Wednesday, over pay cuts amid increasing prices in food, petrol and utility bills. The demonstration turned ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Wednesday he was pessimistic about achieving a collective agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after meeting with trade union Deok. He called on all ...

Larnaca port workers on Thursday afternoon decided to suspend their strike after three days over docking policies, following the intervention of Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos. According to an announcement from ...

Port workers continued to strike for a second day on Wednesday in Larnaca over a docking agreement which they say the management company has failed to implement. Unions PEO and ...