Employment

Women in UK finance earn a third less than male colleagues, data shows

Some of Britain's top financial firms pay women 28.8% less on average than male counterparts, salary data from 21 companies reviewed by Reuters shows, even though they say they are…

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Malta: 11% increase in persons adding a part-time job to their full-time

The number of part-timers who held both a full-time and part-time job increased by 11% in just a year, the NSO said. Fresh data by the Statistics office shows that…

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Analysis: Workers seize their moment to shift the balance of power

It should surprise no one that the first big pandemic-era display of worker power was in air travel, according to Sharan Burrow, head of the International Trade Union Confederation. "The aviation sector…

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Malta: Unemployment slightly down to 9,093

The unemployment rate for July 2021 stood at 3.3 per cent, down by 0.1 percentage points from previousmonth and dropping by 1.7 percentage points from July 2020, the NSO said…

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Median income decreases in EU, but risk-of-poverty rate remained stable

In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 outbreak, the median employment income of the working age population (18-64) in the EU decreased by 7% compared with 2019. However, the median…

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Right to disconnect an important test for Europe’s commitment towards fundamental rights of workers

A report calling on the European Commission to introduce legislative action on the right to disconnect has been described as an important test in favour of workers' fundamental rights. Maltese…

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Employers adopting a cautious approach in their remuneration strategy – MISCO

Compared to last year, total remuneration in Malta increased by 2.8 percent, driven mainly by sectors that have steadily kept up the demand for employees, particularly those least affected by…

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EU Parliament to look into precarious situation of cross-border and seasonal workers

The Employment and Social Affairs Committee is set to delve into alleged breaches of EU law on working time, health and safety of cross-border workers, later on today. Following disturbing…

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Greening the transport sector in the post COVID-19 recovery could create up to 15 million jobs worldwide

"The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be a return to business as usual. It must be an opportunity to push the advancement of the sustainable development agenda." In a…

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Quarter of Europe’s jobs at risk from coronavirus crisis

More than a quarter of all jobs in Europe could be impacted by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis from McKinsey. The consultancy estimated that…

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ILO warns nearly 25 million jobs could be lost because of coronavirus

Nearly 25 million people could become unemployed owing to the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the UN announced on Wednesday. Global unemployment could increase by 5.3 million in a…

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February 2018 Euro area unemployment at 8.5% EU28 at 7.1% – Malta (with Germany) registers second lowest unemployment rate

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5% in February 2018, down from 8.6% in January 2018 and from 9.5% in February 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded…

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