Employment Law Update: Mandatory Registration of Essential Terms of Employment in the “ERGANI” Information System

On December 20, 2024, the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance published in the Government Gazette the “Transparent and Predictable Terms of Employment (Essential Terms of Employment for Registration in an Electronic System) Decree of 2024” (ΚΔΠ 455/2024). The Decree mandates the registration of essential employment terms for all employees in the “ERGANI” information system between January 2 and February 28, 2025.

Employment Law Update: COVID-19 – Workforce and employment issues

On the 8 April 2020, the President of Cyprus announced that the measures announced previously to restrict the spread of coronavirus on the island were to be extended until April 30, in line with the decisions adopted by the the Council of Ministers. The financial measures announced previously to support employees and businesses during the current crisis will also be be extended until 12 June 2020.

Employment Law: Recommendations for employers to prepare for Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Novel coronavirus is a new strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, in December 2019. Since that time there have been an increasing number of cases confirmed throughout the word.The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was officially identified in Cyprus on the 10 March 2020. On the 12 March 2020 the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic.