Already in Malta
You live in Malta and you need a job, a better job, or a way out of a bad one. Start with the open roles, then read what you are entitled to.
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Guides for you
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Never pay an agent for a job in Malta
In Malta a licensed employment agency may not charge you a cent. Anyone asking for a fee, a deposit or 'visa processing' is a scam. Red flags and where to report.
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How to verify a Maltese employer before you sign anything
Five checks that take an hour: the Business Registry, the VAT number, the real email domain, the job advert on Jobsplus, and a video call with someone who works there.
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Contract traps: fee clawbacks, passport holding, training bonds and the 20-month debt
The clauses that turn a job into bondage, why each is illegal or unenforceable in Malta, and what to do if you already signed one. Keep your passport. Owe nobody.
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Already in Malta: changing jobs, probation, notice and your rights
Probation is six months by default. Notice depends on length of service. On a Single Permit the new employer applies before you resign. What DIER does about unpaid pay.
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Reading your Maltese payslip line by line, and spotting underpayment
Basic wage, cost-of-living increase, bonus, overtime, tax, social security, deductions, net. What each line must show in 2026 and three checks that catch underpayment.
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Unpaid or underpaid in Malta: the complaint to DIER, step by step
Wages must come at least every four weeks. If not, or if short, DIER takes the complaint and can go to court for you. What happens to your permit if you complain.
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Housing rights in Malta: registration, deposit, notice, and the 'ten people in a flat' problem
Every long let must be registered with the Housing Authority by the landlord. Six-month lock-in on a one-year lease, a month's notice, 5% cap on renewal, two per bedroom.
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Who helps a worker in Malta: the offices, numbers and organisations that answer
DIER for wages, Identità for permits, Jobsplus for jobs and records, the Housing Authority for leases, the police for crime, unions, and organisations that help for free.
The work permit
- Renewing your Single Permit: one year or two, and the new training rule
- Bringing your family to Malta: the two routes, the income test, the flat
- Long-term residence after five years: the test, the course, the €500
- Permit refused? The common reasons and how to appeal in time
- Policy tracker: every rule change for non-EU workers since 2025, dated
- Budget 2027: what the new fees and cuts mean for non-EU workers
Living in Malta
- Salaries and the cost of living in Malta, 2026
- Finding a flat or a room in Malta: where to look, what to sign, what to refuse
- Where to live in Malta: a town-by-town guide for workers
- Health care in Malta for workers: health centres, Mater Dei, insurance, pharmacies
- Opening a bank account in Malta as a worker: what the bank wants, how long it takes
- Tax and social security in Malta: how PAYE works, the bands, the FS3, the return
- Children in Malta: schools, childcare, language, and what Budget 2027 changed
- Getting around Malta: the bus, the Tallinja card, driving on a foreign licence, the ferry
- Maltese, English and the courses: what you must pass, and what just helps
- Leaving Malta: notice, the last payslip, tax, your contribution record, and the flat
Jobs open now
- Hospitality, trades & hands-on 722
- Customer service 219
- Admin & office 338
- Sales 248
- Finance & accounting 257
- IT & data 465
- Marketing 125
- Operations & logistics 99
- Management 280
- HR 62
- Compliance & legal 205
- Other office jobs 968
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