In what Finance Minister Edward Scicluna called a "moral obligation" from the government, it was today announced that €11 million from the upcoming budget will be given to sections of public workers who in the past did not receive money owed to them.
Addressing a press coverage at the Finance ministry alongside Social Policy Minister Michael Falzon, Scicluna said he felt the Government felt "morally obliged to do so".
The measures will apply to three different categories:
- Those who worked in public bodies who worked in goverment departments before officially entering the public service after 16 January 1979.
- Port workers (haddiema tax-xatt) who were licensed between 4 April 1973 and 1 June 2007.
- Police officials reimbursed for their overtime worked between September 1993 and 31 December 2009.
Falzon stated that, with regards to the latter, "the previous administration never paid for their overtime".
Scicluna announced that 6,000 families "who felt they were treated in an unjust manner" will benefit from this incentive, given to the former workers or their heirs.
Scicluna concluded that such measures in the budget shows that "the government thinks of everyone".
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