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Police inspectors protest over missed promotions
Three senior police inspectors who were denied promotion to the rank of superintendent after a downgrading of their marks by the Public Service Commission, have taken their grievances to court. Malcom Bondin, Priscilla Caruana Lee and Jesmond Micallef filed a … Continue reading
MATCA WIN RIGHT TO STRIKE
file:///Users/ianspiteribailey/Downloads/10_07_2020-827_2020-122288.pdf MATCA, the Malta Air Traffic Controllers Association has won the right, if ever it was in doubt, to call it members to obey legally valid directives in view of an industrial dispute in place. This was affirmed by the … Continue reading
TAX DEFERRAL SCHEME for Companies & Self-Employed
COVID-19 Fiscal Assistance – Postponement of Payment of Certain Taxes Publication Date: Mar 20, 2020 Tax Deferral Scheme: Objective: to improve business liquidity by easing pressures on their cash flow arising from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and … Continue reading
Call for the Facilitation of Teleworking Activities
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Furniture and looks do not make a structure less illegal
Just because a boathouse in Armier has been renovated to look like a stylish studio apartment and subsequently put up for sale with what looks like a pittance compared to the price for actual studio apartments, does not mean that … Continue reading
Revolving doors rules might not affect MPs in executive roles
As the government moves to update its Public Administration Act, it is seeking to prevent high-ranking employees inside regulatory authorities from taking jobs with companies with which they would have had dealings in the former five years. A penalty of … Continue reading
Court orders PSC to stop Gozo promotion exercise
Employee should be given information about job interviews The Public Service Commission has been dealt a blow by the Courts which ordered it to suspend a promotion and give a government employee access to information on job interviews after he … Continue reading
FOUR months from date of EFFECTIVE DISMISSAL
In the case C. Cauchi Cole vs Software Projects 16 Limited, the Industrial Tribunal (5.12.2018) ruled that the 4 month period within which a dismissed employee is to proceed for unjust dismissal before the Industrial Tribunal is to run from … Continue reading
Public Service Commission procedure under Court Scrutiny
In a decree issued by the First Hall of the Civil Court on the 5th December 2018, as presided over by Judge Dr Lawrence Mintoff, the Court upheld a Warrant of Prohibitory Injunction filed by Ing Joseph Bajada against the … Continue reading
UHM resort to Court Action over Gozo Channel Dispute
The UHM Voice of the Workers on Tuesday filed for a warrant of prohibitory injunction in court so that the salaries of workers employed by the contractor Executive Security Services Limited on Gozo Channel vessels are safeguarded. The union said … Continue reading