Working Conditions in Malta
Since Malta joined the
European Union, this has eased the mobility of EU workers and means that
employers have access to a much larger pool of workers than before.
Admittedly, there may be some inherent barriers like language and culture that
make this process challenging. For this reason, the European Union has
purposely set up the European
Employment Services (EURES) in order to aid the mobility of workers across the EU
member states as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
EURES provides information and advice on employment opportunities in other
European countries, as well as information on conditions of work, health and
safety issues, accommodation, the education, health care, training
opportunities, transport, culture and the general lifestyle in particular
countries. You can find more information about working conditions in any EURES
member state on the EURES
Portal.
The EURES Malta team, which is within Jobsplus, provides services to both
employers and mobile workers. Services include provision of advice on a wide
range of topics, promotion of vacancies, matching and shortlisting of CVs as
well as local and EU wide events. The contact details for Malta’s EURES
advisers can be found here.
EURES Malta
eures.jobsplus@gov.mt
Employment Licences
Since 30th April 2011, citizens from the EU, EEA / Switzerland and their family
members, do not require an employment licence to work in Malta. However the
citizens of some of the newer EU members may be subject to transitional
agreements. You can find more information on transition agreements by following
this link. With respect to citizens outside the EEA /
Switzerland an employment licence is
required that is subject to labour market considerations. Further information
can be found at on the Jobsplus
website.
