According to a parliamentary question posed to Finance Minister Clyde Caruana, it was revealed that 255 different employers were caught hiring foreigners without a work license in 2020. Of these 255, 130 employers have since regularised the position. Jobsplus found 2,308 foreigners working in Malta without the license, all working under 255 different employers. Jobsplus can, under the Employment and Training Services Act, only take action against irregular employers, not workers.
130 employers have regularised the positions and brought the practices in line with the law. This translates to 318 foreigners working regularly. 12 employers were taken to court by police with the remaining 113 employers to be taken. Caruana revealed in a separate parliamentary question that the numbers of foreigners working in Malta until October 2020 was 70,024.
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