Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1966)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

The Committee notes that the Government has provided a copy of the Law of 2012 on the recognition of union organizations and the right to the provision of facilities for collective bargaining (Law No. 55(I)/2012).

The Committee notes that section 7 of the Law relates to the transmission by the union of the information required for its registration by the clerk of the register in relation to its representative status for the purposes of collective bargaining. Section 7(1)(b) establishes, as a condition for such registration, that the employer has, in the negotiating unit covered by the request, at least 30 employees on average over the six-month period preceding the date of the request. Recalling that the Convention applies to workers irrespective of the size of the enterprise for which they work, the Committee requests the Government to provide further details on the machinery that allows workers in enterprises with fewer than 30 employees to exercise their right to collective bargaining.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

The Committee takes note of the observations of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus regarding the comments made by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) according to which there are acts of interference in trade unions by some employers in the north of the island, as well as a lack of adequate and sufficiently dissuasive legal protection against acts of anti-union discrimination.

The Committee takes due note of the statements of the Government according to which the ITUC comments refer to allegations taking place in the areas that are not under the effective control of the Government and that it is therefore not possible to provide any information and/or comments or to take any action.

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

The Committee takes note of the comments of 10 August 2006 of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), referring to acts of interference in trade unions by some employers, including the establishment of parallel organizations, and to inadequate and insufficiently dissuasive legal protection against acts of anti-union discrimination.

The Committee requests the Government to send its comments on these matters.