Maltese workers among the luckiest
By being entitled to 24 days’ statutory minimum leave and 14 public holidays, Maltese employees are third luckiest in a list of 41 major countries.
By being entitled to 24 days’ statutory minimum leave and 14 public holidays, Maltese employees are third luckiest in a list of 41 major countries.
A study into worldwide comparisons of employee statutory and public holiday entitlements by global consulting firm Mercer has found that employees in Europe receive the most generous statutory holiday allowances in the world.
When public holidays are added to the account, employees in Lithuania and Brazil are entitled to most time off than other countries with a total of 41 days. Finland, France, and Russia give staff a total of 40 days off. Malta and Austria tie in third place with a total of 38.
Employees in the UK get a total 36 days off, in Cyprus 35, in Italy 31, in the US and Singapore 25, in China 21, and in Canada 19.
The information stemmed from Mercer’s 2009 Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines, which provides data into global working practices and regulations. The report analyses both the statutory minimum number of holidays that companies must provide to staff and the number of public holidays in over 40 countries. The comparison was based on legal entitlements for an employee working five days a week, with 10 years’ service.
Matthew Hunt, a principal in Mercer’s international team who advises multinationals on their employment practices, said there were wide variations in the local implementation of employment practices governing public holidays.
“Employers are often within their rights to ask employees to work on public holidays, or require that they be taken as part of their annual leave entitlements,” he explained.
“For example, while it appears that employees in the UK have more total holidays than those in Malta, company contracts can create a different picture. While the UK statutory minimum is 28 days, companies are allowed to include the eight public holidays as part of this entitlement, so some employees may only be given 20 days’ holiday a year and Maltese employees may, in fact, have a better deal.”
In terms of paid leave, Asia-Pacific countries lag behind Australia, New Zealand and Japan where workers are entitled 20 days’ leave, the highest number of statutory holidays, followed by Taiwan (15), Hong Kong and Singapore (14), India (12) and China (10).
Employees in Canada get just 10 days off according to law while American workers are typically granted around 15 days a year, although there is no legal minimum.
The report pointed out that national holidays made a considerable contribution to employees’ annual total leave entitlement. Japan and India celebrate the most public holidays a year – 16 – and Cyprus, Slovakia and South Korea 15. Spain takes a national holiday 14 times a year, like Malta.
“Employers trying to co-ordinate business operations across the world are caught in a maze of legislation when it comes to holidays,” Mr Hunt pointed out.
“Public holidays tend to be rooted in local tradition or religious beliefs, so it can be difficult to change practices. But with the increasing cultural diversity of the global workforce, there is pressure for greater flexibility around public holidays.”
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Christopher Debattista
Nov 26th 2009, 10:04
@M. Vella - If you put a balance between taxes and the benefits we have (including our wages) - then see for yourself ! You don't have to take only the tax rate into account. And please I'm a not a parrot. I am talking facts: read this : http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090719/local/price-to-wage-levels-in-malta-77-higher-than-eu-average and learn !!
Fabio Giangolini
Oct 31st 2009, 22:50
Maltese workers are those with the least rights as companies are allowed to do whatever they please. For instance my ex boss signed my leave and then complained because I went on holiday... I wonder why he decided to sign my leave, then! In Italy such a behaviour is called harrassment and it is punished by law.
Joe Fenech
Oct 31st 2009, 20:09
I would have been happy had I seen Malta featuring amongst the top countries where workers have the most rights ! Our companies forces workers to work over-time, don't provide protective clothing, women hardly have any maternity leave, health and safety does not exist.... HALLUNA !!!
Jesmond Micallef
Oct 31st 2009, 19:37
@Carmel Pule'
On the subject of Competition : When one speaks fluently a language (plus 3 others) such as English, and say on these grounds one may be offered a job in an european non english speaking country or environment, it just happens that one may be challenged again and again by someone saying - "That's not American English" !!!
What would you call this ? Competitional Intelligence, Emotional intelligence, or more concisely Emotional whatnot ..............................?
Some non europeans working in europe have never really faced competition with their own language, .........................................
Maybe there may come a time where one has to define on his curriculum vitae, what english does one speak !!!
Any words of wisdom in this regard ?
Pule' Carmel.
Oct 31st 2009, 16:32
Luck never does last long, in the gambling or the competitive game. You have to find other efforts to swim and keep your position, let alone advance, in the currents of globalisation. If you rest or always trust your luck, the currents will carry you with it and you lose your position, normally to fall over the waterfall as usually found at the end of the waterchannel,as the NIgara or the Victoria Falls, from which, history showed that no one ever recovered.
Jesmond Micallef
Oct 31st 2009, 15:00
What about Maltese workers NOT working in Malta ???
Whilst working with a NON MALTESE company in europe, I was denied the opportunity of further training in North America while the rest of my fellow working colleagues, who niether of them is Maltese or as as qualified as I am, went on to conduct such training, even though I had the same grade of employment !!!
I was under employment once in Malta, and I did go abroad for further training only after I signed a contract of service with a massive hypthecation as a guarantee of execution of obligations after completion of such training. !!
These non Maltese workers with whom I worked with in this NON MALTESE european company did get a 6 week long intensive training without such obligations !!!! Actually one could leave the company without even considering paying off the very very expensive training, the company paid !!!!
This article is very MASSIVELY MISLEADING !!!
S. Calleja
Oct 31st 2009, 11:42
Lucky? Aha! So now I know why I'm driving a 12 year old sub-compact car (and can't dream to afford otherwise) while my friends in Ireland, UK and Belgium are driving BMs, Mercs and Audis doing the same type of professional work as I do. Figures!
GiovDeMartino@R Gauci
Oct 31st 2009, 11:28
Il-helwa hi li l-plumber tqabbad minn sindku nazzjonalista u t'ghidx xi skandlu kien qam. Tela' Sindku laburista u mhux talli hallieh hemm lill-plumber talli qabbadlu IEHOR BHALU!
M. Vella
Oct 31st 2009, 08:46
@ Christopher Debattista
If you think that Malta has the highest tax rate then you are WRONG. Have a look at this http://www.wealthprotectionreport.co.uk/public/282.cfm?sd=2
Stop quoting PL like a parrot.
V. Borg
Oct 31st 2009, 08:36
So where does Malta rate when it comes to Salary? Where is the article on just how lucky we are in the Salary catagory?? Please note the sarcasmI agree with other comments, Can't you see everyone is rushing to Malta just so they can have all that time off work. I'm not complaining about it but isn't the Salary more important then the amount of days you have off?
john cassar
Oct 31st 2009, 03:53
In the UK many employees get only 20 days paid holiday yearly, most contracts treat public holidays like any other working day. Since the govt allowed 15x more workers to migrate from Eastern Europe than predicted, wages in all jobs except professions have been lowered often to the minimum legal wage. Now the UK govt want to raise the pensionable age and basically work people to death. The 24/7 culture here in many jobs adds to the nightmare of the rat race. Where does this all lead to? Burn out by 40 is now widely predicted. Is this supposed to be progress and the sign of a civilised society?
malcolm seychell
Oct 30th 2009, 22:04
It is one of the main reasons why Salaries never go up and our minimum wage is low
charles zammit
Oct 30th 2009, 17:16
mela kieku gonzi pn ma seraqx il festi li jaqghu il hadd lill-haddiema kieku konna nigu l ewwel. dan messhom qalu ta mercer. jew dan il fattur ma haduhx in konsiderazzjoni u allura flok it tielet grazzi ghal gonzi pn gieli nigu hafna iktar lura.
Christopher Debattista
Oct 30th 2009, 15:47
Sorry but this article is simply out of context with the nations status. As if we will give importance to these things ! To be placed third for holiday allowances. With possibly the lowest pays in Europe and the highest Tax rate in Europe, I can't really apply the term LUCKY .
Joseph Borg
Oct 30th 2009, 11:43
I am trying to figure out why this article was written. We should all be happy that we placed third, unless we are giving the government an idea to destroy this in his short coming budget, and then next year we will read this article agian but this time we will be in the last place of the list.
Kevin Cassar
Oct 30th 2009, 11:29
Please don't insult our intelligence - we are not all brainless. So according to your way of presenting this statistic without all the underlying factors, maltese professional football players are extremely lucky because they play about 30 matches a season while their european conterparts play as much as 50-60. The fact that the pay is worlds apart is of no relevance, so much so that I've heard rumours of Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres, Diego, Kaka and Ronaldo all begging to join a Maltese premier club so that they have more vacation time.
J Theuma
Oct 30th 2009, 10:47
Lucky??!!! hahaha
u btw x'ghandu xjaqsam ir-ritratt ma l-artiklu???
@r borg - a very cheap public transport system that takes you everywhere you want to go/ extremely low crime rates/ water and power supply to all of the island
You are joking right??!
James Formosa
Oct 30th 2009, 10:11
We would be even luckier if Gonzi/ Fenech this budget gave us back some or all of our PH 'in lieu'. When I say some I mean the main ones such as Xmas, NY and Easter (at least)!! But I don't feel so lucky after all!!
Galea. L
Oct 30th 2009, 09:55
Ray Gatt
Those praising the 80's are workers who owe 52 less working days (Saturdays), 20 days leave, minimum wage, COLA, maternity leave, voting at 18 and not 21 as it was under PN governments, 2/3 pension (which has now been eroded by the PN governments), equal pay for women (under PN governments they were paid 1/4 to 1/3 of mens' wages), 40 hour week, etc... all made in the interests of the workers by LABOUR GOVERNMENTS while PN opposition members were against all of them, including saying that they were against old age pensions because the pensioners would use it to get drunk on wine.
Paul Baldacchino
Oct 30th 2009, 09:25
This survey is incorrect and mis-informative. Shame on who published it. Maltese employees only get their day off if the PH is during the week, hence one must calculate only those PHs. For 2010 at least 1st Mat, 15August and 25December fall on Weekends.
So for 2010 Austria, Britain, Cyprus are better.
Better luck next time Maltese workers:)
R.Gauci
Oct 30th 2009, 09:23
@ Giov De Martino
Yes you are right in saying that Malta is good for workers especially when you are a plumber and get paid 2000 euros a month for some part time job with a local council !!
Show it please.
john mula
Oct 30th 2009, 09:10
When was this survey taken???
Cant the facts be even published right... If you work from Monday to Friday this year you get 35 days of leave not 38.
What is this article trying to imply that we have too much leave and we need to make a new social pact to reduce our leave days to become more competitive???
Ray Gatt
Oct 30th 2009, 09:09
Those praising the 70ies and 80ies must have been among the chosen ones then. Shame on the corrupt labour administrations of them days and may the Lord keep them at a distance.
Adrian Cachia
Oct 30th 2009, 08:45
"By being entitled to 24 days’ statutory minimum leave and 14 public holidays"
The should say however that the maltese worker spends these days doing
1) Overtime 2) Part-Time 3) Painting / Chasing / Plastering to save some money on works he needs to do at home / new house etc etc
Joseph Bartolo
Oct 30th 2009, 06:37
Well I would like to say that if WE are truly lucky we need most of all far better salaries, twice more than we all ready have, be given the full right to live a life of the highest standard from the cradle and throughout everyones precious lives, having our beloved nation with non polting transport systems and a very healthy and clean envoirment for all, both us locals and those that visit us.
Ian Morris
Oct 29th 2009, 23:08
For the record the Uk get 28 days holiday per annum in total entitlement made up of 20 annual and 8 statutory. not 36!
Chrissey Zammit
Oct 29th 2009, 21:44
Lucky is NOT a word I would use for Maltese Workers!!! Try giving fewer holidays, and try putting MORE money in their salary cheques.
J Schembri
Oct 29th 2009, 21:26
So you get a little bit more time off...so what your pay leaves much to be desired!!!
GiovDeMartino
Oct 29th 2009, 20:33
I have been saying it for ages. There is no place like Mlata. Watch the foreign news, read foreign dailies and YOY'LL HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME. As long as labour is in opposition.
Galea. L
Oct 29th 2009, 17:01
J Martinelli
You never seem to understand anything if it comes from Labour Martinelli.
The opposite is always true when something comes from GonziPN.
Andrea Portelli
Oct 29th 2009, 16:35
hahahahhahahahahaha
that is all I have to say on this one.
lawrence cachia
Oct 29th 2009, 15:46
well well just another write up to clear away the truth about us ,thank you for sic info , lucky my leg huh- the truth is what i read in these comments.
Christian Sciberras
Oct 29th 2009, 15:34
@R Borg
free healthcare/education - Should I remind you what NI is for? It takes a good chunk off my monthly pay, hardly free.
cheap public transport - It's also of very low quality, with probably the worst drivers on the island. Buses are never on time, either too late or too early. Often times I prefer paying the exagerated price of taxis rather then public transport, taxis' benefits outrun busses'.
low unemployment - The recent article on the Gozitan Bishop doesn'tsuggest this.
good sanitation - Such as the complete absence of draingage systems (except for the conventional human waste).
extremely low crime rates - I'd prefer to see a bank robbed by master thieves rather then drunk missfits attacking the elderly.
good mobile phone coverage - Far from true, from personal experience.
water and power supply to all of the island - That is, ignoring the multitudes of outages we had already.
Typical "let's be poor just because there are poorer people then us". Go talk this crap to others. I want a better service.
Really, how can a smaller country be more difficult to manage then a larger one?
Paul Vella
Oct 29th 2009, 14:09
@Edwin Bartolo
Thanks for your comment sir. You have voiced my feelings but I wasn't capable to express them so candidly.
Living like slaves for (365-39) = 326 days is considered being lucky because of the 39 in which we are not!! During no other time in history were the people treated like fools to this extent. Maybe most deserve it because they're not using their God given inteligence and instead are relying on biased sources.
One day Europe would be a feudal system like maltese were under Monroy long time ago. Wait and see.
J Falzon
Oct 29th 2009, 13:52
Yes, the two guys with those gorgeous chicks and the time to enjoy their company over a drink or two are surely very lucky.
As for the rest of Malta, tough cookie, sahib.
Malcolm Mifsud
Oct 29th 2009, 13:21
What about sick leave? Just see how many workers are being forced to go back to work even if still not feeling well after being given two days' sick leave by the kind company doctors visiting. Kuxjenza my foot!
E. Azzopardi
Oct 29th 2009, 13:19
In statistics like this ( which effectively means working less) we are always on top.
Where for example, a healthy and good Environment, low inflation, essential goods competitive prices for the consumer, etc come in play, we seems to be very near the bottom.
There is nothing to boast about.
R. Mallia
Oct 29th 2009, 13:16
@Joss Galea
I was sure somebody would come up with this pointless question :-) Just to satisfy your curiosity and knock off that "i have the upper hand feeling", the reason is personal. Life is unpredictable, family matters have no boundries and force us to take undesired decisions, but please be sure that as soon as it will be possible for me to go back I will get out of here again. This not because I don't love my country, on the contrary I am proud of being Maltese, but because I want to be better off. I will visit often (i will also afford it) and enjoy the nice weather.
michael catania
Oct 29th 2009, 12:57
I wonder when this survey was carried out. probably before the right to days off in lieu of week-end public holidays was scrapped by this conservative goverment. I am sure we are now further down the scale now.
Fred.Mizzi
Oct 29th 2009, 12:37
@Joss Galea@ maybe i can answer you question if i may. The reason ex-pats do return to Malta, because although people like myself who i may add is now retired and returned thus the term returned migrant, because no matter how much we are better off in a host country, or better standard of living and cheaper food prices then Malta, just like anything else one's country of birth is never forgotton and its always there at the back of their head, like me Malta is PRICELESS and nobody can change that if you get my drift, so yes people do return after saving up hard to return one day and maybe buy themselves a small property to live the rest of their time, if i may add in my case much happier then working and living say in a cold dump unhealthy country (yes even for the money) no country names mentioned as we all know which one we are talking about. I hope this answered your question my friend. Malta is a safe and a healthy country, blue sea, friendly folk, Maltese food and Maltese wines, what more do i need, money yes can't take it with You!
Pippo Ganni
Oct 29th 2009, 12:32
@J. Micallef
take a chance to stop smoking and infecting this world :)
A Abela
Oct 29th 2009, 12:26
Maltese workers luckiest? maybe not so lucky when you look at the pay. Monthly salaries of 1200 euros or less are the norm in Malta. In many of the developed countries listed in the Mercer 2009, that sort of income would put you below the poverty line.
J Martinelli
Oct 29th 2009, 12:16
Mintoff abandon office? Could Archbishop Gonzi have been so naive or was he using Mintoff as a lever? I shall always wonder!
One other reason that Malta ranks low in its per capita productivity and competitiveness.
Malta 38 - Canada 19! Lucky is not the word, extravagance comes close, sheer madness is probably the closest one can come to the lucrative situation.
And the Opposition and GWU want more. More COLA, less taxes, more spending, lower deficits, lower VAT, lower electricity rates. .. Hawduni ha nifhem!
R. Mallia
Oct 29th 2009, 12:09
@Joss Galea
I was sure somebody would come up with this pointless question :-) Just to satisfy your curiosity and knock off that "i have the upper hand feeling", the reason is personal. Life is unpredictable, family matters have no boundries and force us to take undesired decisions, but please be sure that as soon as it will be possible for me to go back I will get the hell out of here again. This not because I don't love my country on the contrary I am proud of being Maltese, but because I want to be better off. I will visit often (i will also afford it) and enjoy the nice weather.
Julian Gatt * Canada
Oct 29th 2009, 12:09
I just like to ask these four guys in the picture if the Photographer bought them a drink just to smile for a brief moment, and then perhaps maybe after the interview and the photo, they all go crying to the banks for a loan to feed their families or even afford a decent holiday once a year and not borrow so much from the Banks to buy themselves a decent four wheels. i can resT assure you guys that there is another WORLD OUT THERE APART FROM THESE BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS. Look at the picture once more and think deeply :ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
steve elliott,uk
Oct 29th 2009, 12:07
Come on now all you winging Maltesers. You cant have it all your own way. Sun ,sea, Mediterranean diet,beautiful women,ample leave allowance,no housing tax (yet) ,no local council tax (yet), best island in the med, COLA and oh yeh nearly forgot, low wages.
edward bartolo
Oct 29th 2009, 12:03
Yes, living like misers to make ends meet, is the luckiest way of life one can ever have!
Whether one likes it or not, the Rule of Jungle Reigns Supreme. Just have a look at the savage policies that are being enshrined.
I remember, when I was a school child, I was taught that "work is a basic right". However, this is not the same today. Whether people have the same social background or not, and irrispective of what resources they may have, they have to present the same "evidence" to be eligible for any job!
When shall knowledge and experience be given due consideration in job applications?
By the way, the EU backs this type of savagery!
Eric Gahn
Oct 29th 2009, 11:54
Gee. Can someone please tell me of what country I am citizen. I am surely not one of these so called 'Maltese'.
Joss Galea
Oct 29th 2009, 11:53
@ R Mallia.If you were better off abroad, then why did you come back to Malta?
Maria Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 11:42
Yeah Right! Happiest when young couples cannot even afford to buy their own home and where mothers have to go to work whether they like it or not, Umbad just because we are extremely lucky, the government sends 62 euros as children's allowance to help you support your child ! Lucky my foot
Paul Barrett
Oct 29th 2009, 11:40
The grass is always greener on the other side.
R. Mallia
Oct 29th 2009, 11:27
@U. DAmico
please rest assured that I have furthered my research well. I have lived and worked for a good number of years in what is considered one of Europe's most expensive country and financial centre. My salary here in Malta is 4 times less than what it used to be and my monthly shopping bill is the same here in Malta as it was abroad. Besides, to further YOUR research, I used to travel often, afford to buy clothes very often, pay utility bills, enjoy evening out and dining out AND on top of this I used to save good money. Things which I cannot afford to do anymore here, despite exercising a profession, because the salary is just enough to keep me living in a house and eating. I respect the fact that you prefer Malta but facts are facts: since i'm back in Malta my standard of living has plummeted to great depths. Please let us not deny facts just because we are not aware that life could be better.
Kevin Camilleri
Oct 29th 2009, 11:27
Just third? It's not fair! We want to be the top country!
Halluna nghixu! Compare the wages please aswell.
g.c.Forte
Oct 29th 2009, 11:25
Among the luckiest ? I wish to ask those four nice guys, if they had a loan from the bank,not just to pay the drinks they are enjoying ,but to have a roof, and start building a family. In my days ( the 70`s) the government use to build housing estates in every town and village to accomadate youngsters like them. Today, to start a family, they have to make a loan and had to work both for at least 40 years to pay it. It is a fact that one of the reasons that couples are seperating, is the big loan,they had to make.
R.Gauci
Oct 29th 2009, 11:23
If you take off the public holidays in Malta that will happen on weekend days that will be lost for most of the workers, the result will change as in th UK and Ireland most Bank Holidays are on a Monday so it sure that they will get them!!
R Borg
Oct 29th 2009, 11:14
Oh come off it people, of course you are lucky. You have free healthcare, free education, a very cheap public transport system that takes you everywhere you want to go, low unemployment, basically NO homelessness, good sanitation, extremely low crime rates, good mobile phone coverage, water and power supply to all of the island, etc. etc. Just think of most of the world (not just the UK and US) - can you say that most of the world have all of these things? I think not. Think outside the box... You're luckier than you think. Quit complaining and enjoy your life because you are better off than most of the world who have an average salary of $7,000.
J. Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 11:07
Haha ...... 10 years ago I had a better wage than today. I used to do less work, had a happier job, and cigarettes back then costed only Lm0.40c ......
The wages remained the same, but the cost of living exploded !!!!!
Marcus Spiteri
Oct 29th 2009, 11:00
Yes i totally agree Christian Sciberras@ where ever do these people get their statistic from, this is not correct, i know i lived and worked in no less then 5 countries in the Printing Industry as a newspaper printer member of various international print unions, so please get your facts right before going ourt to press, i say that Malta is not the luckiest as far as employment rights, holidays and many more without going into details. i would suggest that these people who report such incorrect details spend some time working with some of our EU partners and see how the other half live, Just my opinion as an experienced retired Newspaper printer. There are other benefits apart from Holidays you know and working condition, including one of the most important factors Health and Safety at work and also free lunches and beverages etc etc etc.Its ok to see a smiling picture, but is it really all Hunky Dory with the Maltese system? ofcourse there is room for improvement but not yet. Not Yet!
Neville Debattista
Oct 29th 2009, 10:58
@ Christian Sciberras. I fully agree. Joss Galea must be either living on another planet jew inkella inzerta xi wiehed li twieled b'geddumu fix-xghir.
Peter Grech
Oct 29th 2009, 10:55
Luckiest - luckiest.....luckiest... the UK have two less days than us.... so the article says... not exactly a huge difference..
What it doesn't tell is how long I have to stay in the office without being paid, and suck up to keep my job... and not because of the recession, it has been like this forever....
U. D'Amico
Oct 29th 2009, 10:49
@R. Mallia
To further up on your research on other countires pay cheques, maybe you should also take a look at their weekly expenses and calculate it in accordance with the standard of living. Check how much “cash” is left and then maybe you can speak up.
I’d rather have a salary in the local values and live a local life style, then have a UK salary and live like they do!
Christian Sciberras
Oct 29th 2009, 10:39
@Joss Galea - I've been to other countries, can't see how Malta is any luckier.
Lewis Ellul
Oct 29th 2009, 10:38
What's the use of having so many days off if you don't have a decent salary to enjoy them? Ask any worker if he prefers less holidays and more pay.
Evarist Saliba
Oct 29th 2009, 10:32
..........
as well as the cost of living, including items like taxes, rents, travel and heating if we are to have a complete picture?
Emmanuel Ebejer
Oct 29th 2009, 10:28
A good number of Maltese workers use those days off to do some other kind of part-time job, in order to make ends meet.
Joss Galea
Oct 29th 2009, 10:28
Compared to lots of countries in the world....we are LUCKY!!! Sometimes we only look at US, UK and big countries like these. But if you been to other countries you realise how lucky we are!
John Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 10:27
By being entitled to 24 days’ statutory minimum leave and 14 public holidays, Maltese employees are third luckiest in a list of 41 major countries.
They are also the most that contributed to the economy aswell acording to PM Gonzi, as he has taken their P/ Holidays falling on a weekend to help economy to recover, while his Ministers are not acounted for the expenditure
R. Mallia
Oct 29th 2009, 10:27
luckiest??? who are they kidding??? did they consider the ridiculous pay check that Maltese workers get? it is not holidays but the pay check that increases one's standard of living.
Galea. L
Oct 29th 2009, 10:26
mario gellel
You are perfectly correct. Under the 1960's PN governments, most people did not even have 8 days leave while some did not even have any because they would have been kicked out if they asked for leave. This is apart from the miserly wages at the time with women being given 1/4 to 1/3 of men's wages for the same work.
Neville debattista
Oct 29th 2009, 10:22
We are not so lucky though when it comes to paying the PAYE, the ' bolla balla ' the car license and the water and electricity bills. I would rather say that Maltese workers are amongst the unluckiest for having to eek out a living. Staying alive I would call it.
C Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 10:18
How about you tell us where Maltese school employees (not just teachers only!) rank when compared with holidays in other schools abroad? Please don't compare salaries...these are very low across ALL the Maltese border of workers. It's with regards holidays that the discrepancy mainly exists.
Stanley Fenech
Oct 29th 2009, 10:17
Did the study take into consideration the public holidays that fall on a weekend?
mario gellel
Oct 29th 2009, 10:15
AND ALL THIS, THANKS TO LABOUR GOVERMENTS OF THE 70'S AND 80'S.
VIVA LABOUR, VIVA LABOUR,HEY,HEY.
H.Curmi
Oct 29th 2009, 10:06
6th place not 3rd, if Lithuania, Brazil, Finland, France and Russia are all ahead of us!
Gianni Xuereb
Oct 29th 2009, 10:04
Luckiest ??? pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff Hallina hoi
Stephen Abela
Oct 29th 2009, 09:58
I think it would make much more sense to include a comparason of the renumeration pacakegs as well as the benefits of the various workers before issuing such bold statements