Access to early childhood education and childcare (ECEC) is important for promoting equal opportunities of children as well as for facilitating work-family balance of parents and especially labour market participation of mothers of small children. EU countries vary a great deal in terms of how
2015 was a special year for development. It was the first ever European Year to deal with the European Union’s external action and Europe’s role in the world. For development organisations all over Europe it was an unparalleled opportunity to showcase Europe’s commitment to eradicating
On January 6, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with Malta and endorsed the staff appraisal on lapse-of-time basis with link to full report: https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2016/pr1618.htm
The Malta Union of Bank Employees – MUBE and HSBC Bank Malta plc have signed the Collective Agreement for the period 2014-2018. The agreement was signed by MUBE and HSBC representatives in the presence of staff members at the bank’s branch in Zejtun. This agreement
Preparations for negotiations of the new APS Collective Agreement have initiated between MUBE and management at APS. MUBE’s internal discussions include exchanging views on the validity of the proposals and suggestions received from members with the intention of improving the terms and conditions for all
Trade unions and employers of the insurance sector from Austria, Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands as well as their European federations met in Bratislava on 17 September 2015 to discuss innovative measures to tackle
UNI global union affiliates working in HSBC met in Esher, UK, on 11 and 12 February 2016, at the same time as the Bank was announcing its U-turn on plans to freeze pay. Unions and staff across the world had reacted with outrage to the badly
The Malta Union of Bank Employees is a partner in this European Commission funded project. The Project’s outcomes will bring a very important contribution to the sustainable implementation of age management and intergenerational approaches in the FSS: The project commenced in October 2014 and will run
UNI-Europa, like other European Trade Union Federations, defined some guidelines with a view to leading the process establishing a European Works Council. This project intends to turn theory and basic guidelines into an operating process, standardizable, representable by a flow chart diagram consisting of a
