The Council of Ministers approved two subsidised holiday schemes aimed at boosting domestic tourism and supporting low-income residents.Low-income pensioners schemeThe Low-Income Pensioners Holiday Subsidy Scheme offers free four-day stays (three nights) with full board in mountain resorts and in
Representatives from social partner organisations yesterday met at the Productivity Centre (KEPA) to discuss attracting Turkish Cypriots to training programmes offered under the European Year of Skills initiative.The government had earlier announced unilateral measures to improve the job prospects o
The Ministry of Labour aims to equip itself with new tools to tackle undeclared work, as there has been an increasing trend in this phenomenon lately. Undeclared work, as known, leads to a series of side effects and problems, such as loss of revenue for the Social Security Fund, unfair competition a
The extent of undeclared work amounts to a rate of 8% of the workforce, which numerically corresponds to approximately 40,000 employees, resulting in income losses for the Social Insurance Fund estimated at €10,000,000 annually, stated the Minister of Labour today.However, according to Yiannis Panag
The trade unions have started signalling to the Government and the Ministry of Labour about significant decisions regarding the employment strategy of third-country nationals, ahead of the scheduled meeting for tomorrow, Friday,