Recently, a new workplace health and safety legislation has been approved with the purpose of enhancing safety standards at the workplace. This comprehensive legal framework is designed to prevent workplace accidents and revamp the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, ensuring a safer and more supportive work environment for employees across all borders. For this reason,...
The new Temporary Agency Workers Regulations (S.L. 452.133) (the “Regulations”) were published on June 4, 2024, and will enter into force on 1 January 2025. The Regulations seek to ensure equal treatment for temporary agency workers in Malta and will replace the current regulations. The Regulations apply to both ‘temporary work agencies’ and newly defined...
A provisional agreement has been reached at EU level, on a new law that will improve the working conditions of platform workers. The Platform Work Directive will ensure correct classification of the employment status of people performing platform work. Moreover, it will be the first set of EU-rules that regulate the use of algorithmic management...
Identità Malta has introduced a new initiative, the Specialist Employee Initiative. The aim of this initiative is to accelerate the application process for highly skilled third-country nationals. Applications filed under this scheme are to be processed within fifteen (15) working days. In order to qualify under this initiative, one must satisfy the following criteria: Minimum...
The Employment Agencies Regulations of 2023 come into force 1st April 2024. The Regulations introduce a new regime for regulating the services provided by employment agencies, which were largely unregulated. These Regulations apply to employment agencies that provide recruitment services, temporary work services and/or outsourcing services. The Regulations impose mandatory licensing, applications for which will...
The right to equal pay between men and women for equal work or work of equal value has been a founding principle of the European Union since the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Despite the legal framework, the effective implementation of this principle remains a major challenge in the European Union. As a measure to...
Various updates have been made to the Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Chapter 462 of the Laws of Malta) on the 20th of December 2022 in relation to fixed terms contracts and probation. The law now states that fixed term contracts cannot be for periods shorter than six (6) months, unless a shorter period is...
The recent implementation of the ‘Digital Platform Delivery Wages Council Wage Regulation Order’ (the “Order”) through Legal Notice 268 of 2022 (the “Legal Notice”) is a response to the growth of digital labour platforms witnessed especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in digital platform services brought with it various challenges, particularly vis-à-vis the employment...
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