A study on ‘Early exit from employment’ was conducted by the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC [1]) in 2007. The main aim of the study was to assess the key factors influencing the early retirement choices of older workers. The report aimed to contribute
The Industrial Tribunal is a specialised judicial body, established under the Employment and Industrial Relations Act (EIRA) (216Kb PDF) [1], and given exclusive jurisdiction over employment and industrial relations conflicts. For all intents and purposes, the tribunal serves as Malta’s industrial
Since September 2007, the Air Malta [1] pilots, together with the major trade unions representing them, have been in negotiations to draw up a new collective agreement. The pilots were complaining about poor working conditions, including unstructured roster patterns and low financial benefits. The
At present, the government is aiming to increase Malta’s female employment rate, from 32.8% to 41% by 2010. In recent years, a number of policies and strategies have been introduced in an effort to reach this goal, such as the promotion of childcare services as well as the reduction of taxes and
In August 2007, the General Workers’ Union (GWU [1]) commenced partial industrial action for nursing aides in all hospitals and health centres, as the government continued to adopt a rigid approach regarding three pending issues: pay regarding nursing aides’ right to wage scale 13, the roster and a
The Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD [1]), Malta’s highest forum for tripartite concertation, was established by an act of parliament (Act No. XV) in 2001. In recent times, the government stated that the council should enter ‘a new phase’ by expanding and improving current
The Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD [1]) was established by law in 2001, to act as an advisory body to the government while providing a forum for consultation and dialogue between the social partners. However, over the years, social partners have often complained that the
The research project ‘Health and safety representatives at the workplace’ (/Ir-rapprezentanti tas-Sahha u Sigurta’ fuq il-post tax-xoghol/), presented by the General Workers’ Union (GWU [1]) in July 2007, focused on aspects, such as: identifying the procedures through which health and safety
Following three years of hard work and preparation, on 17 July 2007, the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT [1]) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment [2] (Ministeru ta’ l-Edukazzjoni, Zghazagh u Xoghol) signed a historic reform agreement [3]. The agreement is intended to reform the
The government has privatised Tug Malta Ltd, the only licensed company that can carry out towage operations within and between the harbours of the Maltese Islands. In May 2007, the government announced the preferred bidder for its shareholding in Tug Malta [1], namely the Italian company