Industrial Tribunal Procedure Rules

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Malta is a democratic state in which it incorporates fundamental rights and freedom; in fact the Constitution of Republic of 1974 says that all the citizens have the right to work. In the Constitution and in the Employment and Industrial Relations Act of 2002 one can find the principles and rights of the worker. These may vary from working hours, gender, training and means of subsistence. The Act of 2002 represents Malta and is considered as the primary source of employment law. Together with a number of subsidiary legislations this act governs industrial relations in Malta as an example the Industrial Tribunal Procedure Rules.
The employee has the right to be informed about his or her conditions of employment which these are found in the employment agreement between the employer and the employee. In other words, the contractual agreement can be for a fixed term or for an indefinite term in which.it serves as a base for the labour law in Malta. After fifteen days of signing this agreement, a copy is sent to the director to prove that this document is genuine. The employer has the responsibility to explain and offer a written statement of such conditions. This statement should include information about overtime rates, hours of work, place of work, normal rates of pay, conditions that the two parties might have agreed upon and leave entitlements.
Parents, legal custodians and adoptive parents are entitled to unpaid leave on the arrival of a new family member. This is important in a person's life as they find it hard to manage and plan their time, especially if it will be the first-born. From last January 2013, when a women becomes pregnant she can benefit from eighteen weeks of maternity leave. This period is applicable for full-ti...

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...edundancies, he or she has the obligation according to this act to give notification seven days before the dismissal occurs. Also a consultation process has to be organised in which the employer has to explain why has redundancy occurred. For all cases of unfair dismissals, discrimination, harassment, unequal value and victimization, the Industrial tribunal has the duty to settle these industrial disputes.
Basically, these conditions are to be recognised by the employee and the employer so everything is under control. The employee has to be responsible to protect his/her wage and aware about the termination of contract and to avoid discrimination. Employment brought Malta to conform to the rules of the EU legislation such as the Collective Redundancies, the Regulations Contracts of Service for Fixed Term regulations and the Organization of Working Time Regulations.

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