**Unregistered Worker’s Injury Compensation Slashed by Court: A Reality Check for Malta’s Labour Force** In a recent ruling that has sent ripples through Malta’s labour community, the Maltese courts have significantly reduced the compensation awarded to an unregistered worker who sustained injuries on the job. This decision underscores the complexities and challenges faced by the…
**Couple Fined €18,400 After Failing to Pay Their Employees: A Shocking Reminder of Labour Rights in Malta** In a landmark case that has sent ripples through the Maltese business community, a local couple has been fined a staggering €18,400 for failing to pay their employees. This incident, which has garnered significant attention, underscores the importance…
# HSBC Malta staff stage sit-in strike over compensation linked to owner change Valletta’s Republic Street felt more like a union hall than a banking capital yesterday morning when 200 HSBC Malta employees walked off the job and staged a surprise sit-in inside the 1960s marble-clad lobby of the bank’s flagship branch. By 11 a.m….
Equal pay for work of equal value is no longer a Brussels buzz-phrase whispered in corridor meetings—it has landed squarely on the Maltese shop-floor, in our open-plan offices, in the fields of Għarb and the gaming towers of St Julian’s. Last month, when the EU Pay Transparency Directive was transposed into local law, Labour Minister…
“Exploitation of migrants is the rule, not the exception” – JRS report lays bare Malta’s open secret By the time the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) launched its 42-page dossier at the Ħamrun parish hall last night, the room was already thick with stories: a Bangladeshi kitchen-hand who hasn’t seen a payslip in 18 months, a…
