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The insured person is entitled to full pay as long as the duration of incapacity does not exceed one year from the date of injury. The injury benefit is a flat rate benefit unrelated to previous earnings and paid at a daily rate. €29.84 per day is paid for a single or married person supporting a spouse who is not in full-time employment, and €22.44 per day is paid for other insured persons. As indicated above, this injury or temporary disability benefit is paid from the fourth day of disability for up to twelve months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For work-related disabilities of 90% or higher, a full invalidity pension is paid regardless of the number of contributions paid. The benefit varies depending on the insured person's marital status and whether an occupational service pension is paid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an assessed degree of disability between 20% to 89%, the weekly rate is a flat rate benefit. For disability between 1% to 19%, a lump-sum benefit is paid, which ranges from €251.70 to €4781.15.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also provision for a spouse's pension and an orphan's pension. Up to 55.6% of the annual average earnings in the best three consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement are paid. The survivors receive a flat rate benefit per week. The pension does not cease on remarriage. The orphan's pension is also a flat rate benefit per week and is paid for each orphan under 16 years of age. The benefit is higher for each orphan aged from 16 to 21 years who is not gainfully employed. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §28-30 of the Social Security Act (CAP. 318); L.N. 123 of 2015; https:\u002F\u002Fdssservices.gov.mt\u002F BenefitPaymentRates.aspx    \u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_sickleave_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: work injury benefits and disability benefits in Malta – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-03-31\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Disability \u002F Work Injury Benefit\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>There is a provision for occupational injury benefit, which is paid to the employed and self-employed persons who have paid at least one week of contributions and submitted the claim for benefit within ten days of injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An insured person is entitled to one year of injury leave on full pay from the employer and has to refund the amount received from the Department of Social Security to the employer. The insured person is entitled to full pay as long as the duration of incapacity does not exceed one year from the date of injury. The injury benefit is a flat rate benefit unrelated to previous earnings and paid at a daily rate. €29.84 per day is paid for a single or married person supporting a spouse who is not in full-time employment, and €22.44 per day is paid for other insured persons. As indicated above, this injury or temporary disability benefit is paid from the fourth day of disability for up to twelve months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For work-related disabilities of 90% or higher, a full invalidity pension is paid regardless of the number of contributions paid. The benefit varies depending on the insured person's marital status and whether an occupational service pension is paid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an assessed degree of disability between 20% to 89%, the weekly rate is a flat rate benefit. For disability between 1% to 19%, a lump-sum benefit is paid, which ranges from €251.70 to €4781.15.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also provision for a spouse's pension and an orphan's pension. Up to 55.6% of the annual average earnings in the best three consecutive years in the last 11 years before the spouse's death or retirement are paid. The survivors receive a flat rate benefit per week. The pension does not cease on remarriage. The orphan's pension is also a flat rate benefit per week and is paid for each orphan under 16 years of age. The benefit is higher for each orphan aged from 16 to 21 years who is not gainfully employed. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §28-30 of the Social Security Act (CAP. 318); L.N. 123 of 2015; https:\u002F\u002Fdssservices.gov.mt\u002F BenefitPaymentRates.aspx    \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave'>Sick Leave\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>",[],{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact Us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[58],{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},true,[61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,100,104,108,112,116,120,124],{"id":62,"short_title":7,"title":63,"url":64},485,"Compensation and Working Time","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcompensation-and-working-time",{"id":66,"short_title":7,"title":67,"url":68},486,"Annual Leave and Holidays","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fannual-leave-and-holidays",{"id":70,"short_title":7,"title":71,"url":72},487,"Contracts and Dismissals","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals",{"id":74,"short_title":7,"title":75,"url":76},488,"Notice and Severance","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals\u002Fnotice-and-severance",{"id":78,"short_title":7,"title":79,"url":80},489,"Family Responsibilities","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities",{"id":82,"short_title":7,"title":83,"url":84},490,"Maternity and Work","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work",{"id":86,"short_title":7,"title":87,"url":88},491,"Job Protection","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fjob-protection",{"id":90,"short_title":7,"title":91,"url":92},492,"Breastfeeding","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fbreastfeeding",{"id":94,"short_title":7,"title":95,"url":96},493,"Health and Safety","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fhealth-and-safety",{"id":98,"short_title":7,"title":26,"url":99},494,"\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave",{"id":101,"short_title":7,"title":102,"url":103},496,"Social Security","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security",{"id":105,"short_title":7,"title":106,"url":107},497,"Unemployment Benefits","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security\u002Funemployment-benefits",{"id":109,"short_title":7,"title":110,"url":111},498,"Fair Treatment","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment",{"id":113,"short_title":7,"title":114,"url":115},499,"Sexual Harassment","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fsexual-harassment",{"id":117,"short_title":7,"title":118,"url":119},500,"Minors and Youth","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fminors-and-youth",{"id":121,"short_title":7,"title":122,"url":123},501,"Forced Labour","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fforced-labour",{"id":125,"short_title":7,"title":126,"url":127},502,"Trade Unions","\u002Fen-mt\u002Fwork-in-malta\u002Flabour-law\u002Ftrade-unions",[],"\u003Cp>MyWage is WageIndicator. 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