The Cabinet decided on Wednesday to start a social dialogue for introducing a national minimum wage in Cyprus when unemployment drops to around 5%.
Deputy Government Spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas said the Cabinet reaffirmed the government’s position to start a social dialogue for a national minimum wage when full employment conditions are reached.
He said the Ministry of Labour has completed all relevant studies on the issue.
They include the ways of introducing the national minimum wage and quantitative surveys of its effects on the labour...