Precarious Jobs: Legislation is required - Żminijietna

Żminijietna - Voice of the Left said that recent events regarding employment conditions confirm  the urgent need for legislation on precarious jobs, which are increasing class inequality.

"Precarious employment is detrimental to the quality of life of workers, leading to negative  outcomes such as stress, low pay and insecurity. Government should move away from such neo-liberal policy and adopt a social model on employment conditions".

"Żminijietna - Voice of the Left reiterates its call for an increase in the minimum wage to improve workers' quality of life and to increase demand within the economy. We also support the call made by the General Workers' Union whereby workers employed by private contractors for public services should receive identical salaries and conditions as public service workers. We also support the call made by GWU whereby private contractors with collective agreements should be given preferential treatment in public tenders."


The ILO (International Labour Organisation) definition of precarious jobs refers to non-standard employment that is poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household".

"These include jobs on definite contracts, temporary agency work and part-time employment when imposed on workers against their will, instead of regular employment on a full-time basis".


Press Release 13/6/14