During a press conference held on 24th March, the
Prime Minister announced the third financial package to help the
Maltese economy during the COVID-19 outbreak. The main thrust of
this package is to preserve employment and as a corollary, to
ensure that once the pandemic eases, the Maltese economy takes off
quickly.
Measures targeting the hardest hit sectors
The Government will finance €800 per month per full-time
employee to businesses that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19
outbreak. The same amount will also be paid to self-employed
individuals engaged in such sectors. Employers who were constrained
to lay off employees will be eligible for such payment if they
re-engage the laid off employees. This measure applies
retrospectively as from 9th March 2020 and is equally
applicable to enterprises, including self-employed, operating in
Gozo.
