Country report, gender equality. How are EU rules transposed into national law? Cyprus 2020
- Publisher:
- European Union Publications Office
- Publication date:
- 2020-09-21
- Authors:
- Vera Pavlou
- ISBN:
- 978-92-76-18983-1
Description:
Cyprus is a unitary presidential republic. Until 1960, when Cyprus became independent, the legal system was based on the English legal system, which applied the principles of common law and equity. Following independence in 1960 the English legal system was largely preserved. Currently, the following laws are applicable: the Constitution, the laws in force under Article 188 of the Constitution, the principles of common law and equity and the laws enacted by the Parliament. With the accession to the EU, the Constitution of Cyprus was amended to incorporate the supremacy of EU law over national law.
Index
- Introduction
- General legal framework
- Implementation of central concepts
- Equal pay and equal treatment at work (Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Recast Directive 2006/54)
- Pregnancy, maternity, and leave related to work-life balance for workers (Directive 92/85, relevant provisions of Directives 2006/54, 2010/18 and 2019/1158)
- Occupational social security schemes (Chapter 2 of Directive 2006/54)
- Statutory schemes of social security (Directive 79/7)
- Self-employed workers (Directive 2010/41/EU and some relevant provisions of the Recast Directive)
- Goods and services (Directive 2004/113)
- Violence against women and domestic violence in relation to the Istanbul Convention
- Compliance and enforcement aspects (horizontal provisions of all directives)
- Overall assessment
- Annexes