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New Leave Entitlement: Medically Assisted Procreation in Malta Employment and Industrial Relations

New Leave Entitlement: Medically Assisted Procreation in Malta

On the 30th May 2017, new Regulations came into force – Leave for Medically Assisted Procreation National Standard Order (S.L. 452.114).The Regulations grant a period of paid leave to employees who undergo the process of medically assisted procreation. The prospective parents shall be entitled to 100 hours of leave with full pay between them, which leave is to be paid by the employer. The entitlement to one hundred hours of leave for medically assisted procreation with full pay shall be granted for every process of medically assisted procreation, up to a maximum of three processes. The 'receiving person' shall be…
Christine Calleja
22nd June 2017
GDPR Resources WP Uncategorized

GDPR Resources WP

Data Protection Opinions & Guidelines  Guidelines on Certification and Identifying Certification CriteriaAdopted on 23 January 2019 Guidelines on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring BodiesAdopted on 12 February 2019 Guidelines on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR context of provision of online services to data subjectsAdopted on 8 October 2019 Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR Adopted on 12 November 2019 Guidelines on Data Protection by Design and by DefaultAdopted on 13 November 2019 Guidelines on Processing Personal Data in the Context of Connected Vehicle and Mobility Related ApplicationsAdopted on 28 January (version for public consultation)…
MTCV ADMIN
14th June 2017
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Nick Valenzia participates in Lifecycle Challenge News

Nick Valenzia participates in Lifecycle Challenge

Our very own Nick Valenzia will be participating in this year's Life Cycle Challenge. The Life Cycle Organisation has for the past 19 years been exclusively assisting and supporting patients suffering from renal failure and complications. Life Cycle is a cause which is very dear to Nick's heart as he completed the Challenge in 2009. In 2009 he had crossed from Istanbul to Syria passing though territories which today have been unfortunately ravaged by conflict. This year's challenge will see the cyclists cross from Nairobi (Kenya) to Dar El Salam (Tanzania).You can support the Life Cycle Organisation by making a donation…
MamoTCV Advocates
1st June 2017
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Mamo TCV Advocates launches GDPR Microsite (www.gdprmalta.com) NewsTelecoms, Media & Technology

Mamo TCV Advocates launches GDPR Microsite (www.gdprmalta.com)

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​On ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​25 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will repeal and replace the main data protection laws of all Member States, including Malta. Maltese organisations have less than a year to prepare for the many new, and in some cases, onerous obligations introduced by the GDPR. We have recently launched our GDPR microsite (www.gdprmalta.com) that provides easy to read information and resources about the new EU Regulation. Download our free GDPR Guidelines, subscribe to our GDPR mailing list and get in touch with our data protection experts (dataprotection@mamotcv.com) to learn more!The GDPR at a glance:✓ Fines up to ​​​€20,000,000 or…
Claude Micallef Grimaud
25th May 2017
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Invoking an arbitration clause in a contract subject to Maltese law Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Invoking an arbitration clause in a contract subject to Maltese law

The Maltese Arbitration Act was meant inter alia to confirm in general the supremacy of the will of the parties to a contract containing an arbitration clause, to choose arbitration to the exclusion of ordinary courts. In view of recent developments in case-law interpreting and applying a provision in the same Arbitration Act, the ordinary courts seem to be fighting back to retain more than the residual authority which the courts traditionally retained for themselves when the contracting parties would have agreed on an arbitration clause. DisclaimerThis document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you…
Stephen Muscat
18th May 2017
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Malta: Securitisation Cell Companies Insurance & Reinsurance

Malta: Securitisation Cell Companies

The Securitisation Cell Companies Regulations (S.L. 386.16) which were enacted on the 28th November 2014 provide for an effective and robust legal framework for segregation of different sets of assets and risk instrument within a single special purpose vehicle, the Securitisation Cell Company, permitting the creation of multiple securitisation transactions without incurring any risk of cross-contamination between the different creditors and investors of the individual cells.To date the Maltese regulator, the Malta Financial Services Authority has 36 notified securitisation vehicles, and one reinsurance vehicle.Furthermore 17 cells have been granted a licence. Key features of Securitisation Cell CompaniesA Securitisation Cell Company (SCC)…
Petra Attard
11th May 2017