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Christine Calleja

Christine Calleja is a senior associate of the firm working in the employment law department. She has assisted various local and international companies in human resources matters, such as contract drafting, unfair dismissal claims, transfers of business and collective redundancies, as well as represented clients before the Maltese Industrial Tribunal and courts. Christine has also participated in educational seminars organised for the human resources industry as lecturer in this field.

Furthermore, forming part of the litigation team, Christine specialises in insurance claims, representing a major insurance company in Malta and also individual claimaints in insurance related matters.

Artificial Intelligence
Navigating the Future of Employment: The EU AI Act’s Revolutionary Impact on the Working World Employment and Industrial Relations

Navigating the Future of Employment: The EU AI Act’s Revolutionary Impact on the Working World

This article is part of our EU AI Act series which explores the effect of the AI Act across various industries and sectors.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, garnering considerable hype and widespread discussion. As AI technologies continue to evolve, their integration into various industries has profound implications, particularly for the labour market. The use of AI in employment raises critical questions about the possibility of job displacement, changes in skill requirements and ethical issues regarding bias, discrimination and privacy. Furthermore, AI can contribute to the creation of new employment opportunities. In response, the European Union (EU) has introduced the AI…
Christine Calleja
9th October 2024
Mamo TCV Advocates - The principle of equal pay for work of equal value to apply more extensively to workers of employment agencies
Extension of the Principle of Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Employment and Industrial Relations

Extension of the Principle of Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

The current Temporary Agency Workers Regulations (S.L. 452.106) regulate temporary agency workers, transposing Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary agency work into Maltese law. This legislation is meant to ensure equality of treatment between temporary agency workers and employees of the user undertaking (the entity for which the temporary agency workers would be providing their services). The present regulations make exceptions to the applicability of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. To ensure better equality of treatment, a new legal notice 128 of 2024 entitled ‘Temporary Agency Workers Regulations, 2024’…
Christine Calleja
4th June 2024
The Introduction of the Employment Agencies Regulations of 2023 Employment and Industrial Relations

The Introduction of the Employment Agencies Regulations of 2023

The Employment Agencies Regulations of 2023, which will come into force as from the 1st April 2024, introduce a new regime for regulating the services provided by employment agencies, which were, until now, largely unregulated. These Regulations target employment agencies that provide recruitment services, temporary work services and/or outsourcing services. Certain activities such as recruitment performed by an employer for employment in its own business, recruitment by marketing agents on behalf of any employer whose identity is clearly specified in an advertisement and outsourcing agencies offering professional, technical and surveying services, are excluded from the scope of these Regulations. The…
Christine Calleja
24th November 2023
MFSA Issues Circular on Proposed Changes to the Companies Act (Cell Companies Carrying on Business of Insurance) Regulations
Court of Appeal Rejects Employee’s Claim for Unfair Dismissal Employment and Industrial RelationsLitigation & Dispute Resolution

Court of Appeal Rejects Employee’s Claim for Unfair Dismissal

On the 15th of September 2023, the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction) (Appeal Number: 155/2022 LM) reversed the Industrial Tribunal’s decision that had previously considered that the plaintiff had been unfairly dismissed from his employment with a bank. The Court was tasked with deciding on the employee’s allegations during proceedings which primarily related to claiming discriminatory treatment and unfair dismissal. The employee had embarked on a year-long career break during his employment with the bank after having first obtained permission from management in compliance with the Collective Agreement then in place. The bone of contention revolved around the way in…
Christine Calleja
26th September 2023