Malta - Union calls for twice-yearly cost-of-living adjustments - August 31, 2026

The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) should be reformed so that workers receive compensation twice a year instead of waiting for one annual increase, General Workers’ Union (GWU) secretary general said. The COLA mechanism, which dates back to the 1990s, still offers workers protection but no longer reflects how families live or spend today. He said the basket used to calculate the adjustment was designed before rents rose sharply and before mobile phones, and technology costs became unavoidable household expenses. The GWU is proposing that COLA be paid in two instalments, one in June and the other in December.

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