[WATCH] Downward pressure on salaries caused by foreign workers needs attention, says finance minister
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana kicks off a consultation process to have a new employment policy by October that will address 12 key challenges, including stagnating salaries, underemployment, lack of skills and pressures caused by foreign workers
27 January 2021, 10:09am
by Kurt Sansone
Foreign workers and the downward pressure they put on salaries is one of the challenges a new employment policy has to address, the government has acknowledged.
The importation of foreign workers was a key component of the government’s economic strategy of the past seven years.