in-cyprus 5 April 2023 - by Annie Charalambous
The Ministry of Labour has requested information from ministries and deputy-ministries on contracting out security and cleaning services at a lower cost.
And this because it wants to see if the services are within the framework of the implementation of the National Minimum Wage law – in effect as from January this year.
This is what Philenews reported on Wednesday, adding that a letter on this issue has been sent from the Labour Ministry to the Republic’s Law Office, Audit Service, the Parliament’s director general and ministries and sub-ministries.
It is requested that the weekly work schedules of security guards and cleaners be sent to the Labour Ministry so that the competent department gets to carry out a proper inspection.
In compliance with the Minimum Wage Decree, any employee who works full-time must receive an initial gross monthly salary of at least €885. And after six months of continuous employment with the same employer, the salary should be increased to €940 per month.
At the same time, the employer’s contribution to mandatory funds are added to the salary so that the cost when hiring an employee is €1,092 and after six months of service this increases to €1,159.
Specifically, the employer pays 8.3% to the Social Security Fund, 2% to the Social Cohesion Fund, 1.2% to the Surplus Personnel Fund, 0.5% to the Human Resources Development Fund, 2.90% to the General Health System Fund and the corresponding contribution to the Central Licensing Fund.
