Pay transparency in Cyprus
Draft stage
A draft law was put to public consultation from November to early December 2025 and discussed in the tripartite technical committee; it was then under legal review by the Law Office. The Labour Minister said in September 2026 that it would go to the Council of Ministers that month and then to the House of Representatives; as of 21 October 2026 transposition was still pending.
Draft · legal review pending, not yet published.
Last checked: 10/11/2026. This overview is not legal advice. Laws change; the linked legal text is what counts.
- In force since
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- Job ads
- No rule yet. No pay disclosure duty for job ads is in force. The consultation draft would give applicants the right to the starting pay or its range, e.g. in a published vacancy notice or in other written form, in reasonable time before the interview; where a range is given, its top may not exceed its bottom by more than 20%.
- Asking about previous pay
- Not verified
- Workers' right to information
- Not yet in force. The draft would let employees request their own pay and sex-disaggregated average pay for equal or equal-value work.
- Pay reporting
- No reporting duty yet. The consultation draft follows the Directive: 250+ employees annually and 150–249 every three years from 7 June 2027, 100–149 later; the ministry has referred to a first data deadline in June 2027.
- Penalties
- Proposed (consultation draft, Art. 27): employer breaches are a criminal offence punishable by up to six months' imprisonment and/or a fine of up to EUR 10,000; courts may also order compliance and impose recurring penalties.
Not verified: Whether the Council of Ministers approved the bill or it was tabled in the House after September 2026; provisions are from the November 2025 consultation draft and a later revised version (reported January 2026) may differ; whether current Cypriot law already restricts pay-history questions was not checked.
19% of job ads in Cyprus state pay
235 of 1,224 ads on employer career sites and applicant tracking systems in the last month; 18% for tech-related titles (30 of 170). Measured on 11/11/2026 via Active Jobs DB; includes pay read from the ad text.
Sources
- Δημόσια διαβούλευση: Ο περί Ενίσχυσης της Εφαρμογής της Αρχής της Ισότητας της Αμοιβής … Νόμος του 2026 · Republic of Cyprus e-consultation portal · 04/11/2025
- Draft bill text (consultation version, DOCX) · Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (via e-consultation.gov.cy) · 04/11/2025
- Υπουργείο Εργασίας: Τρία νομοθετικά βήματα μέχρι το τέλος του έτους για μισθούς και συλλογικές συμβάσεις · Politis (CNA) · 06/09/2026
- Προσλήψεις και μισθοί: «Φρένο» στις κρυφές αμοιβές – τι αλλάζει στην Κύπρο · Sigmalive · 21/10/2026