€1.3 Billion Investment Will Increase Wages Of 33,000 Public Service Workers
The government has signed a €1.27 billion investment into the wages and allowances of 33,000 public service workers.
A statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) described it as the “best collective agreement” for public service workers.
This agreement will come into force in the beginning of next year and will run through until 2030. The investment seeks to bump up wages, increase allowances, and introduce new allowances of public sector workers.
The agreement will also make employees in the lower scale entitled to increments. Currently, the government’s lowest scale is €500 above the minimum wage, this difference will be bumped up by €1,200, according to the OPM.
Prime Minister Robert Abela said that this investment will build on sectoral agreements that have been signed in recent months, “among them with educators, nurses and midwives, the police and civil protection workers”.
He went on to acknowledge that the public service is a “driving force” for the government to continue offering its services.
“Thus, it will be an important pawn in the realisation of vision Malta 2050.”
Head of Public Service Tony Sultana said that this agreement further emphasises the employees’ work life balance, mental health and sustainable initiatives.
This news comes as educators at MCAST continue on with the directives issued by the Malta Union of Teachers in response to collective agreement negotiations that have been dragging on for three years.
Do you believe this investment will be effective?
READ NEXT: Watch: Grech Says Claims PN MPs Skiving Off Government Jobs Are Merely A 'Frame-Up'
