Females in Malta are paid 11% less than men

Women working for a year in Malta will earn the equivalent of six weeks less than men, as fresh Eurostat figures show the pay rate for females is 11 per cent lower. Data issued by the EU statistical office earlier this year listed Malta as having the second lowest gender pay gap rate across member states but updated figures published late last week show this is no longer the case with the island slipping to ninth place. What this means is that if a man earns a monthly salary of €2,500, a woman holding the same position would get €2,225. Spread over a year, the discrepancy is such that women are not getting paid for six weeks. At EU level, the average gender wage gap stood at 16.7 per cent in 2014, the year under review. The discrepancy in wages was highest in Estonia, with over 28 per cent, and lowest in Romania – 4.5 per cent. The head of the University's Centre for Labour Studies, Anna Borg, told this newspaper the figures proved that the issue could no longer be swept under the carpet. "Figures continue to go up and we can no longer continue to ignore this. We have been saying for years that the issue needs to be addressed but this is now a clear sign of alarm," Dr Borg...

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