A minor amendment, which however provides a significant extension to an existing right to mothers and their newborns, has been passed into law as of 20/05/2025 under Law N. 62(I)/2025, which amends the wording of the Protection of Motherhood Law, L.100(I)/1997 (as amended from time to time). Under this amendment, and having recognized the increased...Read More

Recent guidance has been provided by the Commissioner of Personal Data Protection, upon receiving multiple enquiries and complaints as to the practise of hotels and other touristic establishments in Cyprus of copying and maintaining passports and/or other identity card data of their clients during the check-in process.  It was noted that the said establishments do...Read More

We wish to inform our clients that, pursuant to Labour Ministerial Order No. 455.24, issued in December 2024 under the Predictability and Transparency in the Workplace Law (Ν. 25(I)/2023), all employers are required to update the Social Security Services’ online platform, “ERGANI” with key employment terms for all of their employees. An example of the...Read More

The Cyprus Parliament has passed the law allowing for the 19th amendment to the Cyprus Constitution, by way of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution Law of 2024 (L.171(I)/31/12/2024), having regognised the absence of various protections to applicable civil and human rights deriving from environmentally related matters, as well as regognising the changes on an...Read More

As of the 12th July 2024, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 ("EU AI Regulation") was published in the EU Official Journal, and is modifies or amends a number of existing Regulations and Directives of the EU, aiming to create a unified legal framework across the EU member states relating to AI systems....Read More

Cyprus Parliament has proceeded with an amendment to the Criminal Code, Cap. 154 on the 31/05/2024, effectively expanding the criminal offence of “Public Mischief” and updating the applicable monetary penalty under this. As such, the new Section 115 of the Criminal Code now provides that: Any person who knowingly makes to any police officer or...Read More

Cyprus Parliament has proceeded with an amendment to the Law of Children in Conflict with the Law (N.55(I)/2021) in early April 2024 to better define the conditions under which a child may be held in custody. Specifically, the following amendments/additions have been passed in Section 119 of the Law (as they appear in underline format...Read More

The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus (the “Commissioner”) has issued guidelines as to the potential installation of CCTV Systems in kindergarten, having taken into account numerous enquiries that her office had received. The guidance was provided in late April 2024 and is summarised below. The Commissioner has recognised the requirement and need for...Read More

After recent incidents during after-school hours which have caused damage to public school property, and given the repetitive nature observed in such offences, the Ministry of Education decided to proceed, on a trial basis, with installation of security cameras (CCTV systems) in public schools in an effort to monitor and deter such actions. To this...Read More

The duration for the above mandatory telework would extend only to the timeframe covered by the Decree, or until the employee’s health is no longer at risk and they can return to the employer’s establishment. It is important to note that, the Law establishes safeguards from the outset concerning the terms of employment teleworking scenarios....Read More