Statistics of EU nationals registering and working in Malta

tRESS seminar

12 May 2010

Maria Bartolo Galea

Presentation Outline

• Rights of EU Citizens• Statistics of EU Nationals Working in Malta

– Historical Developments– Comparison with NON-EU nationals– Situation at present– Breakdown by member state

• Statistics of EU Nationals Registering– Present situation and general remarks– Breakdown by member state

Rights of EU Citizens (1)

Work

• Free to work in the Maltese labour market (except Bulgarians and Romanians)

• Workers, need an employment licence (to be applied for by the employer)

• Self-employed, no need of employment licence

Rights of EU Citizens (2)

Registering for Work

• EU nationals have the right to register for employment

• Special procedures and conditions that apply in order to receive unemployment benefits

Historical Developments

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Situation at Present

(End-April 2010)

• Total number of EL holders - 7718

• Number of EU EL holders - 4185 (54.21%)

• Number of Non UE EL holders (incl LTRs, Refugees, THPs and AS) - 3533 (45.79%)

• Number of EU nationals (including dependents) working as self-employed 677

Citizenship of EU EL holders

• -Almost all member states represented• -7 countries make up more than 70% of the

licences • -UK 1102 (26.33%)• -Italy 444 (10.61%)• -France 362 (8.65%)• -Germany 355 (8.48%)• -Sweden 330 (7.89%)• -Bulgaria 292 (6.98%)• -Hungary 142 (3.39%)

Top Three Occupations

• Customer Care/Telephone Operators – 737 (17.61%)

• Chief Executive, Director – 278 (6.64%)

• Waiting Staff – 216 (5.16%)

EU Citizens Registering

• Situation as at end of April 2010

• 69 Persons registering for work

• 22 Females and 47 Males

• Average age 40 years

• Major Preferences• Clerks - 15, • Technicians & Associate Professionals - 14, • Professionals - 10, • Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales Workers - 9

Breakdown of EU nationals Registering as unemployed

by member state

• Germany 34

• Italy 7

• Bulgaria 4

• Slovakia 3

• Others 2 or less

Additional Information

• ETC websiteSection dedicated to Employment Licences

Guidelines re the issue of ELs and Application forms

http://www.etc.gov.mt/site/page.aspx?pageid=2305

employment-licences.etc@gov.mt