The project on Social Dialogue Capacity Building at sectoral and company levels is a follow-up of a similar project held at a national level in 2005. The methodology used included carrying out interviews with members of the nationally recognised representative organisations of employers and
This paper analyses the capacity of Cyprus’s social partners to effectively engage in social dialogue at various levels. The paper forms part of a wider, comparative project, managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Ireland) and the Work Life
On 10 December 2009, the Employers’ and Industrialists’ Federation (Ομοσπονδία Εργοδοτών και Βιομηχάνων, OEB [1]) published the findings of a survey on the problems faced by Cypriot enterprises as a result of the global financial crisis. The survey also examined enterprises’ intentions in terms of
On 28 November 2009, the General Council of the Pancyprian Federation of Labour (Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, PEO [1]) publicised the policy that it is going to pursue with a view to renewing the collective labour agreements expiring at the end of 2009 or the beginning of 2010. [1] http://www.peo
On 2 December 2009, following an invitation from the Pancyprian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (Παγκύπρια Ομοσπονδία Ανεξάρτητων Συντεχνιών, POAS), a number of independent trade unions attended a meeting with the aim of examining the draft bill introduced to the House of Representatives in
Cyprus does not stipulate a minimum wage at national level that must be observed in collective bargaining [1] at various specific levels – sectoral or company. Nevertheless, based on existing legislation (*CY0804039I* [2], CY0808019Q [3], *CY0704049I* [4], *CY0405101N* [5]), national minimum wages
In an effort to address and moderate the effects of the global economic crisis on the Cypriot economy, the government has introduced a package of measures, which it finalised in early November 2009. A number of these measures are a continuation of previous initiatives, which have been extended until
On 15 September 2009, Cyprus Airways [1] management and employees accepted the mediation proposal of the Industrial Relations Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (Υπουργείου Εργασίας και Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, MLSI [2]) and reached agreement on the renewal of the collective
Data from the Department of Labour Inspection [1] (Τμήμα Επιθεώρησης Εργασίας) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (Υπουργείου Εργασίας και Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, MLSI [2]) show that, during 2008, there was a substantial increase in workplace accidents (12.4%) in Cyprus, compared with
The construction sector has experienced a dramatic increase in unemployment in 2009 compared with 2008. According to estimations of the Cyprus Building, Wood, Mine and General Workers’ Trade Union, affiliated to the Pancyprian Federation of Labour (Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, PEO [1]), and the
On 24 April 2009, the new Law 38(I)/2009 came into force and was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus. The law amends Laws 177(I)/2002 and 193(I)/2004 regarding equal pay between men and women for the same work or for work of equal value.
Amending the existing legislation on Parental Leave and Leave on Grounds of Force Majeure, Law 69(I)/2002 and Law 111(I)/2007, was the subject of social dialogue in the framework of an ad hoc Technical Committee that met on 29 April 2009, following a decision by the Labour Advisory Board within the