Answer ... Although Cyprus is traditionally a highly unionised country, there has been a gradual shift from collective bargaining to individual agreements and an increase in flexible forms of employment.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a widespread switch to remote working, particularly in the service sector. However, employees started returning to their physical workplaces after the vaccination programme took off and this trend is expected to continue moving forward.

In addition, due to the widespread switch to remote working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of legislative gaps have been identified concerning this mode of working and the government is thus expected to propose a legislative initiative for the regulation of remote working – in fact, at European Commission level, there are already discussions on the matter.