PEO: worker’s death not an ‘unfortunate event’

PEO trade union expressed on Wednesday its deep sorrow over the death of a construction worker in Nicosia the previous day but blamed weaknesses in workplace oversight.

The 43-year-old third-country national died on Tuesday after falling from an under-construction apartment block in Lakatamia.

PEO said the incident highlighted ongoing weaknesses in workplace safety, particularly the chronic understaffing of the labour inspection department.

Referring to what it described...