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Malta’s minimum wage stuck in 12th place
Despite a significant annual increase in 2024, Malta’s minimum wage remained stuck in 12th place in the EU league table comprising 22 countries. Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden are…
Study exposes low spending power of low-paid workers in Malta
Malta’s minimum wage and low-paid workers scored low marks in terms of spending power in an EU comparative study, placing 16th out of 22 members states. Carried out by Eurofound,…
Workforce increased by more than 100,000 in a decade
Over the last decade, the size of Malta’s workforce grew by more than half with the number of gainfully occupied reaching almost 275,000. The increase is the result of a…
37,000 newly-licensed foreign drivers since 2017
In just seven years the number of newly-licensed foreign drivers on Maltese roads rose by more than 37,000 which equates to a daily increase of 17. Moreover, the peak was…
UHM directives at University of Malta to continue
UHM Voice of the Workers has warned that in the absence of adequate proposals addressing the needs of the University of Malta employees, it will forge ahead with the industrial…
COLA not even enough to cover increase in food prices
…despite € in 2023 and € this year The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) is failing to keep up the pace with inflation as not even the € weekly increase…
Nine-fold rise in foreign workers since 2013
A nine-fold increase in non-EU workers has been registered in the last decade during which the Maltese economy expanded at an unprecedented rate albeit at the cost of becoming highly…
No decrease in waste ending up at Magħtab
The volume of waste being sent to the Maghtab landfill has failed to decline despite the mandatory waste separation for households introduced in 2019. Data published by the National Statistics…
Right to disconnect: Career fears fuelling ‘always-on culture’
More evidence has emerged that employees tend to respond to out-of-hours-work-related communications out of fear of denting their chances of career progress or even facing a backlash. According to a…
Minimum Wage under the spotlight in 2023 UHM-EZA Conference
Over 40 delegates from across Europe took part in a conference themed Minimum Wages - The way Forward. The event held at the Urban Valley Resort, in San Gwann between…