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May 1 is a public holiday<\/strong>, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou insisted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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He said the day remains a holiday for all workers, \u201cregardless of whether the day falls within ten days of Easter.\u201d
\nHe said that in accordance with the relevant laws, therefore, all shops should remain closed on the day.
\nHe added, \u201ctherefore, in the event that shop employees are called into work on the day in question, they must be paid overtime at a rate of double their hourly wage in addition to their normal salary<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fact: May 1 is a public holiday in Cyprus, and all shops should remain closed on that day. Shop employees called into work on May 1 must be paid overtime at a rate of double their hourly wage in addition to their normal salary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7910,3,4166,6117,250,3330,2133,2514,839,30,3331,7909,2019,3862,32],"class_list":["post-9649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-closed-shops","tag-cyprus","tag-easter","tag-event","tag-google","tag-google-news","tag-holiday","tag-hourly","tag-labour","tag-labour-minister","tag-news","tag-public-holiday","tag-shop","tag-shops","tag-yiannis-panayiotou"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\nMay 1 a public holiday, minister insists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"public holiday. public 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