Overall assessment

• Author: Romina Bartolo
• Pages: 57-57

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12Overall assessment

The following transposition problems were mentioned in this report:

1.No gender balance in Parliament;

2.The gender pay gap persists;

3.It is not clear whether a hypothetical comparator would be allowed in equal pay cases

since there is no case law on this;

4.Lack of wage transparency.

Overall, Malta has implemented EU law in accordance with its obligations, although in the

vast majority of instances it has not gone beyond the minimum dictated by the EU acquis.

The low female employment rate in Malta necessitates additional measures to facilitate

the retention of women in the labour market. More positive action measures would

potentially increase the number of women in the labour market and decrease their drop-

out rate. Measures to specifically support women in their care responsibilities would also

address Malta’s low birth rate, which is a result of women having to choose between a

career/work and a family.