In Malta, Government Bonuses are fixed as indicated below and obligatory, whereby payments are made by the employer (whether public or private) to the employee.
The full statutory (government) bonuses and the weekly allowance entitlements are issued as follows:
- End of June €135.10 covering period January to June
- End of December €135.10 covering period July to December
- End of March €121.12 covering period October to March
- End of September €121.12 for period April to September.
Bonus entitlements to pensioners are as follows:
- End of June €135.10 covering period January to June
- End of December €135.10 covering period July to December
- €81.12 / 26 weeks = €3.12 weekly / €12.48 with each pension payment for period from October to March
- €81.12 / 26 weeks = €3.12 weekly / €12.48 with each pension payment for period from April to September.
Basically, the €81.12 entitled to pensioners, issued as €3.12 weekly or €12.48 with each pension payment is almost 2/3rds of the bonus entitled to employees in March and September.
Therefore, pensioners can
- Present copy of payslips for March, June, September and December at the end of year for DSS to issue the bonus arrears due or
- Present copy of payslips showing bonuses earned at their local district office or through email in March, June, September and December or
- Present the downloadable official declaration, signed by the employer indicating number of hours of work to be performed weekly. In case of a change in the number of hours of work performed, a fresh declaration need to be submitted.
Copy of payslips (point 1&2 above) can be substituted with an official declaration issued by the employer stating the total amount of statutory bonuses paid.
For part-time pensioners, we have prepared a pro-rata bonuses calculator, (click here to download for free; click here to download the free guidebook) whereby part-time pensioners can key in the bonuses received from their employer. We suggest you follow the guidebook. The calculator will then calculate the pro-rata bonus entitled to you by DSS, which bonus would be issued either separately or received as arrears with the following pension payment.