Tag: Minimum wage
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Malta with one of the lowest minimum wages in the EU: €994 per month
According to the latest Eurostat figures, Malta has one of the lowest minimum wages in the EU with just €994 per month. The highest minimum wages are found in Luxembourg (€2 704), followed by Ireland (€2 391) and Germany (€2 343). The EU countries with the lowest minimum wages are Bulgaria (€620), followed by Latvia…
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Celebrating one of the lowest minimum wages in Europe
Since the Labour Party has decided to start its 1st of May celebrations early, we are happy to oblige by also starting the 1st of May themed articles earlier and remind the Labour Party what they are celebrating exactly. Malta has one of the lowest minimum wages in Europe at €961 per month and an…
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Surprisingly, the MDA acts as the adult in the room
What’s up with the logo of the Malta Developers Association? It looks like the pattern of the socks my grandma use to give me for Christmas. In any case, the MDA seems to be acting like the adult in the room in contrast to the more self-interested Malta Chamber of Commerce. The MDA is actually…
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The origins of “Ħamallu” and Malta’s first minimum wage
Maltese Instagramer Kurt Rumbajsa is uploading reels about the etymology and origins of Maltese words. He uploaded a recent one about the word “ħamallu”. He got it right in the beginning, but got sidetracked with other languages which often happens with these things. I’m adding the reference here to my discussion with him. I advise…
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Raise the minimum wage to address precarious-work conditions
The latest discussion working conditions and wages of food delivery drivers that was stirred by the strike of some drivers should be anchored on the fundamental issue of the minimum wage and not about irregularities and illegal working practices – those should be clamped down by default by functional authorities without much need for discussion,…
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Debunking the “highest minimum wage increase” lie
Prime Minister Robert Abela is trying very hard to salvage his political career by supposedly becoming a socialist. He is selling his minimum wage increases as the highest “minimum wage increases in history”. This claim is preposterous and absolutely untrue. According to Robert Abela’s own figures, the minimum wage will be increasing by a maximum…
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Robert Abela wants to keep the minimum wage below €1,000 up til 2027
I still haven’t understood what is so exciting about Robert Abela’s announced minimum wage increases. According to the average COLA increase, with these figures, the minimum wage is set to remain below €1,000 by 2027. As of next year, the minimum wage will be €854 per month (pre-taxes). There was also no discussion on the…
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Robert Abela wants to keep the minimum wage below €1,000 up til 2027
I still haven’t understood what is so exciting about Robert Abela’s announced minimum wage increases. According to the average COLA increase, with these figures, the minimum wage is set to remain below €1,000 by 2027. As of next year, the minimum wage will be €854 per month (pre-taxes). There was also no discussion on the…
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Finance Minister Clyde Caruana confirms that importers are hiking prices excessively through monopoly power
In his interview published today in The Times of Malta, the Minister for Finances Clyde Caruana has confirmed that large importers with monopoly power in Malta are excessively hiking prices for surplus profits with their monopoly power. The main case of such price hikes being discussed publicly right now are the price hikes by major…
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Alex Agius Salib agrees that the government should increase the minimum wage
After concluding my discussion with Alex Agius Saliba over his complaint to the EU Commission, I’ve asked him an important question. If Alex thinks that food importers shouldn’t be raising their prices excessively in order not to hurt ordinary consumers, shouldn’t the government ensure to significantly raise the minimum wage right away to address living…
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Inflation in Malta is still high and increasing the minimum wage is necessary
Somehow, I can’t find the NSO’s inflation data of Malta for July, and I couldn’t find the breakdowns and tables available either, The NSO has updated its website and I am having trouble using it. It is alarming that in Malta no one in politics is speaking about the urgency of raising the minimum wage.…
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Big problems often have simple solutions
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana is stating that due to the problem of his own making and by basing the economy on cheap labour (Clyde Caruana around 7 years was the chief bureaucrat responsible for the importation of foreign workers), Malta will have an estimated amount of 800,000 people by 2040 if it was to retain…
