The General Workers Union and Malta Employers Association have jointly called for a strategy establishing a minimum rate for Government tenders in security, cleaning and care working services.

This would ensure that companies applying for these tenders would be able to compensate their workers fairly while respecting their legal obligations as employers.

However, for this to succeed, the Government had to have adequate surveillance and enforce the law. It also should establish a minimum rate, which should not be less than €7.50 an hour.

It did not make sense for the Government to accept offers which did not even cover the minimum wage, they said.