Welcome Welcome to Law At Work, a unique employment and health and safety services provider that puts clients at the heart of our business. Latest News  New Regulations Issued Under EIRA 2002 During 2007 This year has been an exceptionally busy year for Government as a number of regulations amending existing legislation have been published in order to perfect compliance with the various EU Directives and Regulations that have already been incorporated in our law. Part Timer Benefits Amendment Read more..   Replacement of the Fixed Term Contracts Regulations Read more..   Private Rules for the Public Service Read more..   Amendment to the Equal Treatment Regulations of 2004 Read more..   From The Courtroom  The Right to a Fair Hearing - Even if the Employee Cannot Attend One of the most interesting cases I have ever read is the Court of Appeal Decision published on the 11th of October 2006 in the names of JV vs Bank of Valletta plc. In this case, the employee was accused of a drug related criminal offence which was punishable with imprisonment. He was found guilty by the Inferior Court and by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Read more.. The Abuse of Fixed Term Contracts in the Public Sector There seems to be a lot of following in relation to the ongoing debate in Malta vis-a-vis the public sector contracts of definite duration, some of which have been annually renewed for over 20 years. Unfortunately, in Malta the Government saw it fit to control the abuse of successive fixed term contracts in the private sector by means of the 2002 regulations (that determine that unless an employer has objective reasons for doing so, that employer cannot give successive fixed term contracts for more than 4 years at a stretch) but no legislation has been promulgated to curb the abuse in relation to those employees who are employed by none other than the Government itself. Read more.. Management Beware! - No Warnings Allowed Another judgment of interest was published on the 20th October 2005 by the First Hall of the Civil Court in the names of Stefan Attard vs Fgura Local Council. This judgment concerned the request for compensation of an employee for the remainder since his contract of employment for a fixed term had been terminated. Read more..