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Coming up: energy, minimum wages, common charger
MEPs are set to adopt new laws to improve the lives of Europeans in the autumn, including on energy security, gender equality and artificial intelligence. State of the Union In…
Eco-Gozo or Lego-Gozo?
This time of the year many decide to take a break on the sister island to refresh themselves for the weeks and months ahead as probably there will not be…
Permits for new dwellings close to Pre-Covid-19 level
In the first half of this year the number of residential building permits issued were close to the pre-Covid 19 levels, thus suggesting that the construction industry has significantly recovered…
Protecting social security rights of persons moving within the EU
Every EU citizen has the right to live or work in any Member State. To facilitate this free movement, the EU guarantees that social security rights are safeguarded under the…
The COLA increase
In its Budget proposals the Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry is proposing that workers who are due some form of pay rise, should not receive the full cost of…
More transparent and predictable working conditions for workers in the EU
A new EU Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions provides more extensive and updated labour rights and protection to the 182 million workers in the EU. With the Directive, labour rights…
Biggest rise in traffic accidents was in Gozo
Photo: Google Street View Gozo has registered the biggest increase in traffic accidents in the second quarter of 2022 with a 33% rise in the number of reported collisions in…
Industrial democracy being undermined
Select categories of government employees are being denied the right to negotiate better conditions of work through a collective agreement by the union of their choice. Instead, government is resorting…
The end of the road?
Recent remarks by Roads Minister Aaron Farrugia who blamed the traffic congestion being experienced in the hot sweltering summer months to disruptions caused by village feasts have gone viral on…
Young people most affected by job losses due to COVID-19
The recently published Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2022 Report, by the European Commission shows that young people under 30 years of age were among the most negatively affected…