Termination of Employment in Cyprus

The Employment Law (100(1)/2000) in Cyprus incorporates both statute and case law. In particular, Cyprus statute law contains issues identified with the end of business, paid leave, yearly social protection, maternity leave, measure up to treatment at work e.t.c. The Labor Disputes Courts manages issues identified with the privileges of workers and bosses.

The Employment Law applies to each representative who has an agreement or job relationship in the private, open and semi-administrative division.

The Employment Law does NOT make a difference to:

· representatives whose aggregate time of job is short of what one month;

· representatives whose aggregate hours of job is under eight hours in a given week;

· representatives whose job is of an easygoing nature and/or specific nature under the condition that in these cases the non-use of the Law is defended by target reasons;

In this article, our job legal advisors will exhibit the essential parts of end of vocation in Cyprus, i.e. notice period, unlawful end of livelihood and repetition.

Under the Termination of Employment Law (24/1967), a business proposing to release a representative, who has finished no less than 26 weeks of constant occupation, is obliged to give the worker a base time of notification taking into account the length of his/her administration, as outlined underneath:

26 - 51 weeks work (6 months-1 year)

One week notice

52 - 103 weeks work (1-2 years)

Two weeks notice

104 - 155 weeks work (2-3 years)

Four weeks notice

156-207 weeks work (3-4 years)

Five weeks notice

208 - 259 weeks work (4-5 years)

Six weeks notice

260 - 311 weeks work (5-6 years)

Seven weeks notice

Over 312 weeks work (over 6 years)

Eight weeks notice

Unlawful end of vocation:

Taking after the Termination of Employment Law, a representative whose work has been fired unlawfully subsequent to finishing 26 weeks of persistent livelihood with a business is qualified for get pay. Likewise, a worker who quit his/her occupation because of his/her manager's behavior is additionally qualified to get remuneration. Second of all, it ought to be illuminated that the measure of remuneration is dictated by the Labor Disputes Court taking after an application by the representative.

While surveying the measure of remuneration, the Court considers the accompanying criteria:

· The compensation of the worker;

· The length of worker's administration;

· The limitation of worker's vocation prospects;

· The age of the representative;

· The circumstances of representative's rejection;

A representative can't assert pay on the off chance that he/she fired his/her business for one of the accompanying reasons:

· on the off chance that the end of job held as a result of repetition, Act of God, war, riots, amazing climate conditions, and so on.;

· if there should be an occurrence of rejection because of excess;

· in the event that the livelihood is ended toward the end of altered term contract;

· in the event that the rejection is because of worker's issue;

The most effective method to get remuneration for unlawful rejection:

Presenting an application for unlawful rejection remuneration needs an expert lawful help. A vocation legal advisor will help you with all the fundamental legitimate and regulatory methods so that to help you to get the pay you merit. Thusly, on the off chance that you wish to get an altered lawful bolster get in touch with one of our legal counselors.

Excess:

The measure of excess installment is ascertained as outlined beneath:

Time of persistent occupation

Measure of repetition installment

Up to 4 years

2 Weeks compensation for every year of persistent occupation

More than 4 and up to 10 years

2.5 Weeks compensation for every time of ceaseless livelihood

More than 10 and up to 15 years

3 Weeks compensation for every year of ceaseless livelihood

More than 15 and up to 20 years

3.5 Weeks compensation for every year of nonstop work

More than 20 and up to 25 years

4 Weeks compensation for every year of nonstop work

Step by step instructions to claim repetition installment:

Keeping in mind the end goal to get installment from the Redundancy Fund, the representative must make a case on the recommended structure, that can be found on Social Insurance Offices, Citizen's Service Center and the official site of the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurances.

The case must be submitted to the nearest Social Insurance Office, inside three months at most recent from the date of end of vocation. By the by, in situations where the representative demonstrates that he/she had a justifiable reason explanation behind the deferral, installment might be endorsed given that the case is made inside 12 months from the date of end of his/her occupation.