KURT SANSONE
MALTA had the fourth lowest mini-
mum wage increase this year, a Eu-
rope-wide review released yesterday
shows.
The monthly minimum wage stood
at €762 in January, a nominal in-
crease of 1.9% over the same month
last year.
The annual review published by
Eurofound, a foundation focussed
on living and working conditions,
showed that the increase in Malta
was the fourth lowest across the 22
EU countries that have a statutory
minimum wage.
When taking into account annual
inflation, the real increase in the
minimum wage was 0.9%.
However, Maltese workers on
minimum wage pay among the low-
est taxes on their income. In Malta,
no income tax is paid on minimum
wage earnings and the social security
contribution amounts to
10%.
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EDITORIAL • PAGE 9
Debono dispels
claims of
exorbitant PN
salary
Superintendence
'surprised'
fuel stations
still considered
despite policy
review
Five ways in
which the
embattled PN
can reinvent
itself
PN co-option
ANALYSIS
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PAGES 6 & 7
Minimum wage increase
among the lowest in EU
Cutajar requests
way forward
MATTHEW VELLA
THE Gozo councillor Kevin
Cutajar has formally re-
quested the Nationalist Par-
ty to outline the next steps
for its co-option of a new
MP to replace outgoing MP
David Stellini.
Cutajar's bid for the seat,
selected by secret ballot in
the PN executive committee,
was narrowly defeated by
42 votes to 40, after Adrian
Delia's chief political advisor
and former MP Jean Pierre
Debono won the co-option.
Since then, Debono has
relinquished the co-option
after former executive com-
mittee president Mark An-
thony Sammut, cried foul at
the voting proce-
dure.
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PN co-option
