Cyprus Reporter #Giannis Panagiotou #Foreign Labor Employment Strategy #
Emphasis is expected to be placed on targeted enhancement of employment of specific population groups and the targeted upgrading of professional skills that meet the needs of the labor market, while the implementation of the measures to tackle undeclared and suggesting work, said Labor Minister Yiannis In his statements after the Council of Ministers, stressing that in 2025 the attempt to reduce Unemployment and increase in employment will continue to limit unemployment to less than 5% and employment exceeds 80%.
As part of today's session, the 'Framework for Foreign Workers' was approved, which aims to better regulate third -country nationals in the Cypriot labor market.
According to Mr. Panagiotou, ongoing economic growth is creating new jobs and increased staffing needs, which go beyond the potential of domestic human resources and make it necessary to make the complementary use of workers from abroad.
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In this regard, significant improvements have been made over the last two years in accelerating the procedures for examining foreign employee employment requests and in March, the opening of the electronic platform for submission and management of the relevant requests is scheduled.
At the same time, government decisions have already been implemented on the expansion of foreign students' access to the labor market and attracting foreign employees, by utilizing the mobility capacity provided by the European Union's blue card.
The 'Framework for Foreign Workers', approved by the Council of Ministers, aims to better regulate third -country nationals in the Cyprus Labor Market to rationalize the production process and ensure the equal treatment of all workers.
The new framework includes the following modifications to existing procedures:
The operation of a three -party Advisory Committee with the participation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, trade unions and employers' associations to monitor the implementation of the procedures is established. foreign workers due to documented inadequacy of available domestic human resources. It is possible for employees' mobility to place the same employer at the provincial level and provides the possibility of applying for limited mobility of employees to place the same employer at the same employer. foreign workers by introducing specific criteria, into Combination with increasing maximum percentage Cutting from the gross basic gain of the employee for housing purposes from 10% to 25%, provided that the accommodation areas meet the specified criteria. differentiation in unemployment and/or salaries of Domestic Human Resources. It is possible to determine the compulsory participation of foreign employees in vocational training programs as a prerequisite for continuing employment in specific occupations or categories of occupations for the purpose of ensuring the quality of the services provided.
"The positive results of the implementation of the governance program over the last two years have been characterized by significant improvement in labor market data," the Labor Minister noted.
Finally, he stressed that the methodical implementation of government policy will continue to achieve the great goals set to boost wage adequacy, for the formation of full -time conditions and to meet the needs of the labor market, for its development. Economy and the cohesion of society.
Recording
