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Malta’s Proposed Auto-Enrolment Occupational Pension Regime: Key Implications for Employers and Employees Employment and Industrial Relations

Malta’s Proposed Auto-Enrolment Occupational Pension Regime: Key Implications for Employers and Employees

Introduction On 18 June 2025, the Government of Malta, through the Ministry for Finance, launched a month-long public consultation on the introduction of an auto-enrolment occupational pension regime. This initiative seeks to strengthen long-term retirement savings by requiring employers to offer qualifying pension schemes and automatically enrol eligible employees, subject to an opt-out option. Which Legal Frameworks will be Impacted? Occupational pension plans in Malta are currently offered by two categories of licensed holders governed by distinct legal frameworks. These include Retirement Scheme Administrators, licensed under the Retirement Pensions Act, and long-term insurance undertakings, licensed under the Insurance Business Act.…
Christine Calleja and Klara Cachia
10th July 2025
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Malta Begins Transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive Employment and Industrial Relations

Malta Begins Transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive

The EU Pay Transparency Directive has quickly become one of the most widely discussed legislative developments in employment law. With its transposition deadline of 7th June 2026, this Directive is drawing considerable attention from employers, employees, HR professionals and legal practitioners alike. While the Directive introduces new rights and obligations aimed at strengthening pay transparency and addressing the gender pay gap, the underlying principle of equal pay for work of equal value is not new to Maltese law. This principle has long been established under Article 27 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, Chapter 452 of the Laws of…
Klara Cachia and Christine Calleja
30th June 2025
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Employers Face Stricter Fines under New Amendment Employment and Industrial Relations

Employers Face Stricter Fines under New Amendment

On 6th June 2025, the Employment and Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act was published in the Government Gazette. This Act is set to come into force on 6th August 2025. The key amendment introduced by this legislation targets Article 45 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Chapter 452 of the Laws of Malta), specifically by increasing the fines imposed on employers found in breach of employment law. Under the current law, an employer who violates any recognised condition of employment, whether set out in a national standard order, sectoral regulation order, collective agreement, or under Chapter 452 or any regulations…
Mamo TCV Advocates
27th June 2025
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Mamo TCV in Collaboration with FHRD to Hold Training on Maltese Employment Law Employment and Industrial RelationsNews

Mamo TCV in Collaboration with FHRD to Hold Training on Maltese Employment Law

Mamo TCV Advocates in collaboration with the Foundation for Human Resources Development (FHRD) will be organising the Level 5 Award in the Practical Applications of Maltese Employment Law.  The training will commence on the 10th June 2025. For programme brochure, booking and information on eligible funding please contact FHRD on (+356) 21313550 or via e-mail at training@fhrd.org
Mamo TCV Advocates
5th May 2025
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Urgent Family Leave Increased Under New Rules Employment and Industrial Relations

Urgent Family Leave Increased Under New Rules

Prior to the introduction of recent amendments, and in line with the Urgent Family Leave Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 452.88), employees were entitled to a minimum of fifteen hours of paid urgent family leave, to be availed of in cases involving accidents, sudden illness, births and deaths of immediate family members. These hours were deducted from employees’ annual leave entitlement. With the introduction of the Urgent Family Leave (Amendment) Regulations of 2025 (Legal Notice 28 of 2025), urgent family leave has been extended from fifteen hours to thirty-two hours with pay. However, whilst the first sixteen hours are deducted from the…
Mamo TCV Advocates
7th April 2025
New Temporary Agency Workers Regulations
The New Temporary Agency Workers Regulations Coming into Force Next Month Employment and Industrial Relations

The New Temporary Agency Workers Regulations Coming into Force Next Month

The Temporary Agency Workers Regulations (S.L. 452.133) will come into force on 1st January 2025, replacing the present Temporary Agency Workers Regulations (S.L. 452.106). Who will be affected by the Regulations? The Regulations govern the relationship between the employment agency, the user undertaking and, the temporary agency workers or outsourced workers. The employment agency can either be a temping agency or an outsourcing agency who supplies  employees to the user undertaking, who in turn makes use of their services. The new Regulations will provide for an extension of the principle of equal treatment and equal pay between the employment agency…
Christine Calleja
17th December 2024