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Annual Leave Provisions in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations Amended Once Again

Legal Notice 59 of 2021 has amended the annual leave provisions in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations (S.L. 452.87). With effect from the 1st of January 2021, the days of annual leave have been reduced from 27 days to 24 days but employees shall be entitled to an additional day of annual leave in respect of public or national holidays falling on a Saturday, Sunday or weekly day of rest. Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or legal assistance, please do not hesitate to contact info@mamotcv.com
MamoTCV Advocates
25th February 2021
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COVID19 MeasuresEmployment and Industrial RelationsLegal Updates

COVID-19 Wage Supplement and Medical Benefit

The Maltese Government is providing businesses operating in certain sectors with a wage supplement for their employees. Applications for businesses to apply for the COVID wage supplement are now online. There are two lists of businesses with a corresponding benefit. Those listed in Annex A on the Malta Enterprise website (businesses operating in sectors which suffered drastically due to the pandemic and businesses which had to temporarily suspend their operations on the order of the Superintendent of Public Health) are entitled to up to 5 days' salary based on €800 per month. This applies also for self-employed workers. Part-time employees…
MamoTCV Advocates
30th March 2020
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COVID-19 Government Employment-Related Grants

The Maltese government has announced a number of employment related measures and grants in response to COVID-19.Applications are now available online for:1. Parent Benefit: A parent who is employed in the private sector, with children under the age of 16 years, who cannot go to work after the 8th March 2020 in order to take care of their children and cannot telework, are eligible for this benefit. The benefit is of €166.15 per week if the parent works full-time and €103.85 if the parent works part-time. The application can be downloaded here: https://socialsecurity.gov.mt/onlineforms/Pages/COVID19ParentBenefitEN.aspx2. Person with Disability Benefit: A person with…
MamoTCV Advocates
30th March 2020
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Maltese Court of Appeal decides that Industrial Tribunal cannot award compensation for the way in which dismissal took place if the dismissal is found to be fair.

 In the case of Lucianne Lia vs Borg & Aquilina Ltd, the Maltese Industrial Tribunal (the 'Tribunal') had decided that whilst the dismissal had taken place for a justified reason at law, the employer had failed to properly warn the employee prior to said dismissal and for this reason, had awarded the employee the sum of €1,000. The defendant company appealed from this decision arguing that the law only gave power to the Tribunal to give compensation when the dismissal was found to be unfair.The Court of Appeal, in a decision dated 30th April 2019, noted that the employee had…
MamoTCV Advocates
7th May 2019
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EP Approves New Draft Law for Union Whistleblowers

On the 16th April 2019 the European Parliament approved new rules on the disclosure of information regarding illegal, fraudulent or harmful activities acquired in a work-related context.The draft directive recognizes that persons who work for a public or private organisation or are in contact with it in the context of their work-related activities are often the first to know about threats or harm to the public interest which arise in this context. By 'blowing the whistle' these persons play a key role in exposing and preventing breaches of the law that are harmful to the public interest. It is important…
MamoTCV Advocates
23rd April 2019
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News Update: Increase in Annual Leave and Minimum Wage

The Organisation of Working Time Regulations have been amended by Legal Notice 444 of 2018. As from the 1st of January 2019, the number of hours of annual leave has increased by another eight hours, bringing the total to 208 hours per year. Also, from the 1st of January 2019, the standard minimum wage has been increased to €175.84. Wages of full-time employees are to increase by €2.33 as a cost of living increase with an additional €1 per week as a mandatory supplement (pro-rata for part-timers). Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should…
MamoTCV Advocates
11th January 2019