ECONOMY Key changes include clearer employer policies for non-eligible workers and biennial minimum wage adjustments, with a review set for 2028. Photo credit: PIO/Eleni Chatzivasili Signatures finally inked for cost-of-living allowance Newsroom After some delay, the social partners have signed, in principle, an agreement on the Cost-of-Living Allowance (ATA) at the Presidential Palace, in the presence of President Nikos Christodoulides. READ MORE
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