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Malta Air Travel Response to Covid 19

With the publication of Legal Notice255 of 2020 entitled the Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) (Amendment No 2) Order, 2020, under the Public Health Act (Cap.465), as from 15th of July, 2020 travel will be permitted to Malta from the following countries and from Malta to the same countries:(1) Austria;(2) Cyprus;(3) Czech Republic;(4) Denmark; (5) Estonia; (6) Finland; (7) Hungary; (8) Iceland; (9) Ireland; (10) Germany; (11) Latvia; (12) Lithuania; (13) Luxembourg; (14) Norway; (15) Italy; (16) France; (17) Slovakia; (18) Switzerland;(19) Greece; (20) Croatia; (21) Spain;(22) Poland; (23) United Kingdom; (24) Belgium; (25) Bulgaria; (26) Netherlands; (27) Canada; (28)…
MamoTCV
14th July 2020
COVID19 MeasuresEmployment and Industrial RelationsLegal Updates

Government Issues an Updated Wage Supplement Scheme

On Monday 8th June 2020, the Maltese Government announced another financial aid package aimed at economic regeneration. Amongst the numerous measures put in place to assist businesses in recovering from the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government announced an updated Wage Supplement Scheme which is to take effect from July 2020 up until September 2020.In terms of the said updated Wage Supplement Scheme, those businesses which operate in the areas of tourist accommodation, air transport, event organization, travel agencies and language schools will remain eligible to benefit from an entitlement of €800 for each worker employed on a…
MamoTCV Advocates
15th June 2020
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COVID19 MeasuresIntellectual Property

IP Hurdles in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine?

Perhaps the most common complaint about modern legal systems is that they stifle justice for want of simplicity. Lately, however, it seems that what most people had simply regarded as a disappointing (some might say necessary) feature of the law, has become a real and immediate danger. After all, every day wasted on regulatory bureaucracy in the pursuit of a globally available vaccine represents thousands more human lives lost to the disease. Now it is not merely justice that the legal system may stifle, but the availability of treatments for a deadly global pandemic.One of the first commitments the United…
Jonathan Tonna
12th June 2020
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COVID19 Measures

COVID-19 Temporary Work Benefits Issued by the Ministry for Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity to Stop

In a Press Release issued on 4th June 2020, the Ministry for Family, Children's Rights and Social Solidarity stated that the temporary benefit granted to parents who stopped working to stay home and take care of their children, together with the additional temporary benefit granted to those persons who lost their employment due to COVID 19 will stop on Friday 3rd July 2020. Additionally, the temporary benefit granted to those individuals with disabilities and medical conditions who had to stay at home due to their vulnerability and could not work from home will stop with effect from 5th June 2020. The Ministry…
MamoTCV Advocates
8th June 2020
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COVID19 Measures

Health Authorities Issue Guidance Document for Offices and Workspaces

​The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry for Health have issued a guidance document for offices and workspaces. The document contains measures which should be followed by employers in order to keep employees safe at the workplace and limit the spread of COVID-19. These guidelines have been issued following the Government's announcement that most workplaces are to be re-opened and that individuals should return to work, including vulnerable persons. In fact, by means of Legal Notice 232 of 2020 published on the 3rd June 2020, the Protection of Vulnerable Persons Order (together with a number of other Orders) has…
MamoTCV Advocates
4th June 2020
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Have These Drastic Times Called for Drastic Anti-trust Measures?

​This article was written by Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura SpiteriAs a result of the unprecedented circumstances we are currently facing, exceptional measures are being taken in a number of countries, namely due to the challenges various businesses are facing. On the 23 March 2020, the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, and the National Competition Authorities issued a joint statement acknowledging that the current situation may require undertakings to cooperate with one another to ultimately benefit consumers. The Office for Competition, Malta's national competition authority, issued a statement confirming the contents of the joint statement on 24 March…
Annalies Muscat
29th May 2020