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Assistance in implementing EU Funded Projects
Servizzi Ewropej f’Malta – SEM is a government agency committed to bringing Maltese and Gozitan citizens closer to the EU. This includes providing information about EU-related matters, engaging stakeholders in…
Were you born in 1962 or after? Do you truly know how the pension system works in your regard?
Download by clicking here the ĠEMMA Guidebook explaining in a simplified manner how the pension system works in your regard if you are born in and after 1962. On 18th…
Despite progressing Malta is still among the worst performers in educational attainment
Despite the millions being spent annually in the educational system, Malta still has the second highest number of persons with a very low educational attainment in the EU, only behind…
Proposal for creation of EU-wide framework on working conditions and minimum standards for artists.
The Culture and Education Committee has approved a resolution which calls on the Commission to propose a “European Status of the Artist”, setting out a common framework for working conditions…
The next active labour market policy
Malta’s employment market has undergone a major transformation in the last decade with new sectors flourishing like the platform economy, remote working coming of age, the influx of thousands of…
Social protection policy responses to COVID-19
During the pandemic, the social protection and inclusion systems in place in EU Member States, have succeeded in limiting the employment and social consequences of the pandemic. The recent Synthesis…
Understanding Budgeting
You want to know more about why budgeting is important? See our ‘X’Inhu Baġit’ video by clicking here. ĠEMMA and the Central Bank of Malta entered into a strategic partnership…
‘Soft-approach’ emerges as preferred way to implement right to disconnect
Research carried out across 12 major European companies where employees enjoy the right to disconnect shows that the preferred model is the so-called ‘soft approach’ as this allows more flexibility…
Fair and equal social protection for riders, drivers and other platform workers
MEPs are demanding that people working for digital labour platforms, such as food delivery services, should have the same rights as traditional employees. Platform workers are often misclassified as self-employed,…
Reining in the power of incumbency
When an election is on the horizon whoever is power will to some degree or another use such position to his or her advantage in an attempt to preserve the…