The Wage Supplement assistance will be extended until the end of January 2022. This was confirmed by the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli.

She explained that the Wage Supplement extension will remain in the current format, with those receiving the maximum benefit of €800 in December to continue receiving this assistance for their workers. ”Businesses have so far benefited from a total of €653 million in Wage Supplement,” the Minister said.

Addressing a press briefing with Malta Enterprise CEO Kurt Farrugia, Minister Miriam Dalli explained that assistance to businesses directly linked to Covid-19 also included support on rents, electricity bills, quarantine leave and teleworking, at an additional investment of €30 million.

“With the economic policy that this Government has embraced, we have managed to protect more than 105,000 jobs and assist more than 17,500 businesses,” she said.

Kurt Farrugia said that “Malta Enterprise has been essential throughout the pandemic. While working to attract new investments to Malta it also made sure that thousands of jobs are safeguarded through the different measures that it was pushing forward such as the wage supplement and the quarantine leave. Malta Enterprise is also helping efforts to regenerate Malta’s economy and create new opportunities for businesses to grow.”

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