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Government Issues an Updated Wage Supplement Scheme 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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COVID-19 Wage Supplement and Medical Benefit 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 COVID19 MeasuresEmployment and Industrial RelationsLegal Updates

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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Covid 19 – Employment Measures COVID19 MeasuresEmployment and Industrial Relations

Covid 19 – Employment Measures

COVID 19 – Employment MeasuresThe coronavirus has started taken its toll on Maltese business with many employers, especially those in the tourism and entertainment industry, having to shut down their operations temporarily. This article addresses the main queries which are being asked by employers in view of the current situation. What is quarantine leave?On the 13th March 2020, Legal Notice 62 of 2020 (the Minimum Special Leave Entitlement (Amendment) Regulations) came into force to make provision for quarantine leave. Quarantine leave is defined as "leave to be granted to the employee without loss of wages in such cases where the…
Christine Calleja
16th March 2020
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Employers, Beware of Being Too Lenient, Tribunal Warns! Employment and Industrial Relations

Employers, Beware of Being Too Lenient, Tribunal Warns!

Most employers are aware of the importance of given warnings (and therefore a second or third chance) to employees prior to dismissal. However, this may sometimes backfire if it goes on for too long.In an Industrial Tribunal case decided on the 19 February, 2020 (case number 3289/CC), the Tribunal considered that the employee in question had been warned several times about his behavior and mistakes, however, according to the Tribunal, the management had not shown a strong position that repetition of similar behavior could lead to termination of employment. The nearly indulgent behavior of the company over a period of…
Christine Calleja
20th February 2020
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Court Confirms €90,374.43 Awarded for Unfair Dismissal Employment and Industrial Relations

Court Confirms €90,374.43 Awarded for Unfair Dismissal

The Court of Appeal (Inferior) confirmed the sum of ninety thousand, three hundred and seventy-four euro and forty-three cents (€90,374.43) granted by the Industrial Tribunal following a finding of unfair dismissal in the case of Publius Davison vs De La Rue Currency and Security Print Limited (Appeal nr 160/2018, decided on the 11th of October 2019). The case was filed by Publius Davison (hereinafter referred to as 'the applicant') on the 2nd of July 2008 after he had been dismissed from his employment on the 19th of June 2008.The applicant was a security guard with a salary of thirty thousand,…
Kirk Brincau
30th October 2019