Ministry of Labour

The Cypriot labor market has achieved its strongest performance in the past 15 years in 2024, driven by increased job creation, employment growth, reduced unemployment, and rising wages.

The debate on the draft budget for 2025 continues for a second day in the Plenary session.

Supporting employment by creating well-paid jobs, reducing employer social security contributions, the universal application of the digital labor card and sweeping inspections for the application of labor legislation make up the blueprint of priorities the new labor minister, Niki Kerameus, is reportedly determined to implement.

Two major enterprises announce mass dismissals in the Stara Zagora region. The director of the Regional Inspection of Labour, Lyuben Georgiev, declared the news during a press conference.

During his presence in Brussels, Hatzidakis spoke about actions of the Ministry of Finance that strengthen social policies and the actions of the Ministry of Labour that strengthen competitiveness

After July 1, pensions will increase by 12%, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ivanka Shalapatova told bTV.

She stated that Finance Minister Asen Vassilev confirmed that there is money in the budget for the increase in pensions under the so-called swiss rule

This means that pensions from 467 leva will increase to 523 leva.

This is actually an introduction to the formation of the new Government of Serbia.
The President of the Assembly, Vladimir Orli, convened the first session of the autumn regular session of the Parliament for tomorrow, and as the only item on the agenda, amendments to the Law on Ministries were proposed.

The number of long-term unemployed at end-July dropped to 43,253, nearly 14 per cent less than in the  same month a year previously, according to data of the Employment Agency released by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) Friday.
    
The results were achieved thanks to the joint efforts of the MLSP, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of

The Labor Ministry and the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) are resorting to the mobilization of the latter's retired experienced officials who have departed from the crucial departments for pension issues and processing social security demands, as the problem of outstanding applications has grown considerably, much to the dismay of pensioners.

A number of 429,585 employment contracts have been registered as terminated since the declaration of the state of emergency (March 16) until Thursday, according to the figures centralized by the Labor Inspectorate and published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.