Workers were being sacrificed at the altar of competitiveness, with companies seeking to one-up each other to the detriment of their employees, Opposition leader Adrian Delia said. 

Speaking at a conference on the Future of Work, Dr Delia said the country needed to prepare for changes in employment.

He warned workplaces could soon come to an end, as more people choose to work from home. There will no longer be the physical environment at work that people were accustomed to, the Opposition leader said.

This had some advantages since it would lead to less traffic and less emissions, Dr Delia said. However, the Opposition leader warned, it was important to think about the decline in human interaction. 

Dr Delia reiterated his calls for the government to prepare for foreigners, saying climate change was bringing about migration from some countries. 

We need to look at the responsibility of climate change, he said.

Pensions 'crisis'

Turning to pensions, the Opposition leader said we had a crisis and no one wanted to admit it. This was a problem that came following successive administrations. We need to ensure that pensions are sustainable in the long-term.

"It’s time to start thinking about a change in mentality - where education is the same everywhere," Dr Delia said, adding that by the time many finished studying, what they had learned would have become obsolete.