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"I voted against the removal of the opt-out possibility so that an individual worker may work more than eight hours overtime a week because of practical reasons according to the needs of the workers and the Maltese industry. On this there is a consensus between all social partners in our country.
I am in favour that we limit working time and that a better balance be created between working time and the family. However you have to understand that in our country there exists no renting market, while land is scarce and very expensive. Each family nucleus, especially young people, borrow thousands of pounds so that they may have a place where to live. They commit themselves for a long number of years where they pay huge sums of money, and a large part of all their income including overtime, to pay the apartment or house where they live.
A great number of these families are in a situation where it is not because they want to, but because the market so dictates, where they depend in a substantial way on the income derived from their overtime not for capricious spending but to satisfy these commitments. The most vulnerable families are those with a low income.
If we limit their overtime we would not be helping them but we would be further nailing them to a cross. And who is going to give them the money they need? The European Union? The Labour Party had warned about this problem and we are here to try and solve it. I am much afraid though that the road is uphill."@en1
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