Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1985)

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government relating to the application of the Convention, including the links to relevant decisions of the Industrial Disputes Court regarding cases of termination of employment. It also notes the statistical information provided in respect to claims for payment due to redundancy. The Committee also notes the introduced of an amendment to the Termination of Employment Law 89(I)/2016 concerning absences from work due to incapacity. The Committee nevertheless notes that the Government does not provide the information previously requested regarding appeals against unjustified dismissal. The Committee therefore reiterates its request that the Government provide statistics on the activities of the appellate bodies (such as the number of appeals against unjustified dismissal, the outcome of such appeals, the nature of the remedies awarded and the average time taken for an appeal to be decided), notably appeals from the Labour Court, as well as on the number of terminations for economic or similar reasons. The Committee also requests the Government to continue to provide updated information on the manner in which the provisions of the Convention are applied in practice.