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[Beer Belly]

My friend works for a Cypriot based security company. He works 40 hours per week, has been in the job for over 12 months and pays Social Insurance and tax etc.

He asked me to find out what his position is regarding overtime, sick pay, holiday pay and potentially a 13th salary.

Where can I point him in the right direction to get advice upon these points in English?

As we are now goverened by the EU I guess that employment rules are fairly standard, he just needs to know exactly where he stands.

Any ideas would be very welcome.

[beverley10]

your friend needs to ask his employer these questions as the fact that cyprus is in the eu means nothing at all to cypriot employers!There are no european rules and regulations that cyprus recognises or abides by so he is at the mercy of his employer.

[sniper]

he should join a worker's union, it's an extra charge of about 10 or so euros a month but there are lots of perks. they will also explain things to you in english. there are perks such as discounted holiday trips, cabin rentals, doctors etc

[Raymanoff]

screw workers unions.... just dont come to work here, thats all

[Get Real!]

http://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/dlr/dlr.nsf ... enDocument

[Beer Belly]

screw workers unions.... just dont come to work here, thats all

So who would actually do the work currently carried out by overseas workers?

[SKI-preo]

[quoteSo who would actually do the work currently carried out by overseas workers? [/quote]

Robots with laser beems for eyes

[fig head]

!!! why not ask his employer !! is he scared of him or something lol its not like he gonna sack him cause he asking for those things !!

[Beer Belly]

!!! why not ask his employer !! is he scared of him or something lol its not like he gonna sack him cause he asking for those things !!

The company employs 60 people from many different countries, including Cypriots. When 'a spokesman' for the workers approached the union with regard to most of them joining, the company were 'tipped off' by a government employee and he was subsequently sacked on the spot for causing trouble.

They were not paid for working the month of February until the 17th of March!!! EU law states that all employees should be paid on the last working day of the month for the work they have carried out. This at worst can be by cheque, so the money will not come out of the company account for a few more days. Good employees make sure that money is paid early to ensure cleared funds are available for at least the first day of the following month.

He does not want to create too much of a stir at work due to wanting to keep his job in the long term.

The staff were all going on an unofficial strike the other day until one member of staff reported the situation to the main contractor (a foreign company but from a EU state) who subs the work to the Cypriot company. That member of staff also has now been sacked.

I can see that this company will now reap the rewards of not keeping to EU law, which carry large fines. They will chase the directors direct, even if they think they can just liquidate the limited company and run away. They will receive personal fines. They will also lose their lucrative contracts.


I personally do not think that Cyprus was really ready to join the EU, the 'old fashioned' ways of the country are still in place. Unfortunately the EU works fast and hard upon countries that do not come up to scratch. Cyprus was given time to come into line with regulations and after those time limits elapse the law takes over. An unfortunate case of 'wake up and smell the coffee'.

[fig head]

lets use logic here ok

now if your mate have a contract and the company used to pay his social insurance he can even take them to the cort cause they have to pay him but my friend if your friend didnt have a writing contract and a social insurance paid by his employer i will just advice you to tell him to get on with it and look for another job cause he ant gettin anything