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In June 2005, the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance communicated to the social partners a circular on the furtherance and immediate implementation of the provisions on equal pay for men and women for similar work or work of equal value.
On 13 June 2005, the Industrial Relations Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance sent the social partners a circular regarding the furtherance and immediate implementation of the provisions on equal pay for men and women for similar work or work of the same value.
According to the circular, on the basis of Article 8(1) of Law 177(I)2002 on equal pay for men and women for similar work or work of equal value, the competent authority as defined by the relevant legislation, i.e., the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, must invite the employers’ and trade union organisations to examine the content of the collective labour agreements so as to identify any provisions that are contrary to the legislation, and must go forward to amend them at once. In the framework of this legal obligation, the employers’ and trade union organisations are called on to examine before 31 October 2005 the existing provisions of the collective agreements that have been concluded between them, and amend them in such a way as to eliminate any provisions involving direct or indirect discrimination against one sex. After the preordained date has been reached, the social partners must immediately notify the Ministry of Labour with regard to the actions they are going to take in compliance with the provisions of the existing legislation.
The Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO) has expressed its satisfaction with the initiative by the Ministry of Labour which, as it points out, fully meets the demand addressed in writing to the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance by PEO’s Central Women’s Department on 7 June 2005. In the opinion of the Central Women’s Department, because over two years have passed since the new legislation came into effect and the parties involved have not eliminated the offending measures, the intervention of the Ministry was imperative. In this context, the Secretary of the Central Women’s Department of PEO has recommended, inter alia, that the competent departments of the Ministry carry out the necessary inspections for the purpose of checking the degree to which the legislation is being implemented.
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