Malta: Employee Benefits & Compensation

Malta’s reform of Wage Regulation Orders (WROs) marks a significant step towards modernising sector-specific employment rules. Now redesignated as Conditions of Work Regulation Orders, the reform aims to simplify existing frameworks...

Parental leave surrogacy is addressed under a recent amendment to the Work Life Balance Regulations, coming into force on 21 June 2026. This amendment introduces new leave entitlements...

Malta has introduced comprehensive reforms to its Wage Regulation Orders, establishing immediate sick leave entitlement from day one of employment, standardising family-related leave provisions, and equalising minimum wage rates for younger workers. These changes, presented at a Times of Malta business breakfast by committee chair Dr Christine Calleja from Mamo TCV Advocates, represent a significant modernisation of employment standards across all sectors in Malta.

Malta has introduced a unified framework aimed at attracting senior and specialised talent across key sectors.

Malta's labour migration framework, updated in 2025 and continuing into 2026, provides clear pathways for highly skilled third-country nationals (non-EU/EEA) to work and reside in Malta.

Malta has confirmed revised social security contribution thresholds and rates that will apply from 1 January 2026, bringing moderate increases across contribution classes for both employees and employers.

Malta has introduced significant reforms to its labour migration framework. The first set of measures came into force on 1 August 2025, while further enhancements will apply from 1 October 2025.

With effect from 27th August 2025, employers in Malta will be required to comply with a new set of obligations surrounding pay transparency, covering both job applicants and existing employees.

The EU Pay Transparency Directive, which came into force on 6 June 2023, must be transposed into national law by all European Member States by 7 June 2026.