The UHM - Voice of the Workers has announced that a new collective agreement for administrative, technical and industrial staff at the University of Malta was approved by 94% of employees who cast their vote.

The new agreement for non-academic university staff includes improvements in work-like-family balance, improvement in flexibility, in vacation leave procedure etc.

The agreement was also approved by the University Council on 23 February. The next step, is for the agreement to be officially signed, the union said.