National Energy Conference 2024 – Digitalisation of the Energy System – Register
08 October 2024
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GRTU was presented with the Equality Mark certification by Hon Minister Helena Dalli, during the NCPE 11th annual conference. This certificate is testament to GRTU’s commitment towards gender equality, certifying the organization as a true equal opportunities employer.
As a registered employers organization the GRTU felt it necessary to embark
on this exercise to lead by example and also experience first hand how accessible such certification is, especially to the smaller businesses in our country – micro enterprises. Micro enterprises are businesses employing less than 10 employees and these make up 95% of total enterprises and employ 35% of the Maltese workforce.
Micro enterprises tend to find the acquisition of standards and certification more difficult because they have less human resources to dedicate towards such efforts. This does not however mean that they do not operate on the required principles, quite the contrary, such principles however tend to be applied informally and this would not fit the requirements. Employing just 8 employees GRTU can easily be compared to any micro enterprise in Malta and GRTU’s experience with acquiring the Equality Mark was indeed very positive and accommodating to its working principles and needs.
Employing equal opportunities principles and flexible working arrangements is good for the company and good for the employee. A gender balanced workforce meets more successfully its customers’ needs and expectations due to its reflection of the market. In addition giving employees the needed flexibility encourages worker loyalty and increases retention rates.
Together with the GRTU another 11 companies and organizations were successfully certified with the Equality Mark. Applying and acquiring the Equality Mark carries no fee.
The Malta Chamber of SMEs represents over 7,000 members from over 90 different sectors which in their majority are either small or medium sized companies, and such issues like the one we're experiencing right now, it's important to be united. Malta Chamber of SMEs offers a number of different services tailored to its members' individual requirements' and necessities. These range from general services offered to all members to more individual & bespoke services catered for specific requirements.
A membership with Malta Chamber of SMEs will guarantee that you are constantly updated and informed with different opportunities which will directly benefit your business and help you grow. It also entails you to a number of services which in their majority are free of charge and offered exclusively to its members (in their majority all free of charge).