Port workers staged a 24-hour warning strike over a proposal to cut their benefits. The porters reject a mediating proposal tabled by the labour ministry because it affected basic benefits like their provident fund, bonuses and other advantages. The proposal provided for a freeze in wages, a cut in the employer’s contribution to the provident fund from 7% to 1%, cutting 14th salaries (Easter bonus) by half and reducing overtime pay from triple to double the hourly rate.
English: http://www.cyprus-mail.com/14th-salary/port-workers-strike-over-benefits-cut ...
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