Malta: New code of practice for employing people with disabilities

Although a 2% disability quota was adopted by the Maltese parliament in the 1960s it was never fully implemented. Now the government has reached agreement with the national employers’ association, the employment and training corporation and chamber of commerce to introduce a 13-point code of practice on employing people with disabilities. Employers will have a year to comply with the code or be obliged to pay a special levy.

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