#Staff shortages

The state doctors’ union (Pasyki) raised concerns on Thursday over a shortage of doctors in the A&E department of the Famagusta general hospital, warning that the issue could ...

Trade union Pasydy has expressed serious concern over the inability of the treatment unit for addicted persons to operate, citing a shortage of mental health nursing staff. In a statement ...

The Labour Advisory Board is meeting on Monday with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and social partners to discuss the urgent matter of staff shortages in various industry sectors, and outstanding ...

The head of the association of hospitality sector owners (Osika) Neophytos Thrasivoulou said attendance at leisure centres nationwide currently hovers around 30 per cent, making January one of the most difficult ...

Entertainment venues in coastal towns are still seeing heightened traffic after the 15 August public holiday, according to entertainment venue owners’ federation (Osika) chairman Fitos Thrasivoulou. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Persistent staff shortages at Paphos hotels significantly affect the quality of services offered, the head of the Paphos hotel association Thanos Michaelides said on Thursday. The issue of finding staff ...

The Cyprus lifesaving federation on Wednesday expressed its concerns of understaffing among its ranks after its latest call for applications for the summer months received just one response. Limassol district ...

Students who are third-country nationals can obtain basic jobs in nine sectors of the economy under expanded criteria aimed at easing a labour shortage published by the labour minister on ...

With no Russian, Ukrainian tourists, vacancies in sector will not need filling As the tourism sector braces for pain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, employers and trade unions are ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) urged the government on Thursday to take immediate action to solve all issues related to staff shortages in hotels, adding that, so far, ...

Staff shortages threaten the quality of services and the hotels’ ability to serve more customers than 2021, the association of tourism businesses (Stek) said on Monday. In a written statement, Stek ...

The forestry department postponed a three-hour work stoppage on Thursday morning to protest understaffing, following a meeting with the agriculture ministry. The strike, which was scheduled to take place between 9.30...

Business leaders as well as trade unions say the labour market is still struggling to settle after the turbulence caused by the coronavirus-related closures and other measures, pointing to a ...

Health professionals at the already overcrowded Athalassa psychiatric hospital are pulling overtime as they strive to process increased daily admissions plus the five patients and one nurse who have tested ...

Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared because of the pandemic and the uncertainty ...