The basic principle, central prerequisite and condition for the application of the TUPE Law is that the “transfer” must concern: Therefore, in order to determine whether a particular transaction falls within the scope of the TUPE Law, particular importance is attached to whether (a) an organized group of resources has been transferred and, furthermore, (b) […]
Mandatory Electronic Registration: Under the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Law 25(I)/2023 and based on Regulation ΚΔΠ455/2024, an important administrative obligation has been imposed on all employers of the private sector to submit the essential terms of employment of all their employees to the government electronic platform “ERGANI”. Employers who fail to comply risk facing […]
The Labor Disputes Tribunal granted a notable award of €230.000 in compensation to a former General Director who was dismissed without notice by a private hospital in Nicosia. This compensation marks possibly the highest amount ever awarded by the employment Tribunal for a case of this nature, underscoring the judicial system’s commitment to upholding the […]
Payments, Deductions, Payroll, Record Keeping, Penalties. Important provisions on the protection of employees’ wages in accordance with the Protection of Wages Law 35(I)/2007, as amended (the “Protection of Wages Law”): Payments: As a rule, employers must pay employees’ salaries as follows: Cash payments are allowed only in exceptional cases explicitly outlined in the Protection of […]
A proposal for a new law regulating the working conditions on Telework in the private sector has been approved by the Plenary of the House of Representatives last Thursday, 16 November 2023. Despite the developments that have taken place in recent years at national level in relation to telework and its gradual implementation by companies, […]
The 2023/970/EU Directive on Equal Pay for Equal Work between Men and Women has recently come into force to strengthen the application of the right to “equal pay for equal work or work of equal value” through novel transparency and enforcement mechanisms. While various laws preventing discrimination at work and promoting equality between men and […]
The Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Law of 2023 (Law 25(I)/2023) transposes into national law the EU Directive 2019/1152 and repeals the Information of Employees on the Terms of Employment Law of 2000 (Law 100 (Ι)/2000). The Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Law of 2023 (Law 25(I)/2023) (the “New Law”) came into force this year […]