Employment FAQ

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2006
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	Lm57.88 per week	Lm58.38 per week
Age 17 years	Lm54.97 per week	Lm55.24 per week
Age under 17 years	Lm53.75 per week	Lm54.13 per week
Part-time Employees
Normal working hours		Lm1.86 per hour
Sundays & Public holidays		Lm2.61 per hour

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2005
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	Lm55.63 per week	Lm56.13 per week
Age 17 years	Lm52.72 per week	Lm52.99 per week
Age under 17 years	Lm51.50 per week	Lm51.88 per week
Part-time Employees
Normal working hours		Lm1.80 per hour
Sundays & Public holidays		Lm2.55 per hour
Download National Minimum Wages of previous years here S.L. 452.71

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Notice of Termination of Employment in Malta (as per Employment & Industrial Relations ACT Cap. 452 as amended by Act III of 2004)
Employees under an indefinite contract of service
For more than	Not more than	Notice period
one day	one month	-
one month	six months	one week
six months	two years	two weeks
two years	four years	four weeks
four years	seven years	eight weeks
seven years	eight years	nine weeks
eight years	nine years	ten weeks
nine years	ten years	eleven weeks
ten years	-	twelve weeks
Conditions on termination of employment on an indefinite contract of service
The period of notice shall commence from the working day following the day on which the notice is delivered No notice period is to be given to employees on probation, working less than one month with the same employer. Probation period shall be the first six months of employment or as otherwise agreed for a shorter period. (Other conditions apply for special categories of employees e.g. technical, managerial, administrative etc. for which probation period may be extended to one year) No reason for termination of employment is required during a probationary period of employment. Termination of employment by employee requires no reason. The employer may terminate employment of an employee on grounds of redundancy and the employee is entitled to the stipulated notice period. Employee is entitled to reemployment on same conditions in the same post, if the post becomes available within a period of one year from date of termination. Termination of employment on ground of redundancy shall be made on a last-in-first-out basis in the class of employment affected by such redundancy. (Special conditions apply to persons in employment who are related to the employer not being a company or a statutory body). Employer may not give any notice period or notice money to his employee if there is good and sufficient cause for dismissal. Employee may not work any notice period or pay any notice money if there is good and sufficient cause for abondonment of service. (Certain conditions apply).
Notice money
Employer receives notice from employee	Notice to be worked?	Notice Money to be paid?
Employer allows employee to work notice	Yes, in full	No, only normal wages
Employer does not allow employee to work full notice period	Yes, up to date specified by employer	Yes, by employer equivalent to full wage up to end of the unexpired notice period
Employee does not want to work full notice period	Yes, up to date specified by employee	Yes, by employee equivalent to half of his wage up to end of the unexpired notice period

Employee receives notice from employer	Notice to be worked?	Notice Money to be paid?
Employee decides to work notice	Yes, in full	No, only normal wages
Employer does not allow employee to work full notice period	Yes, up to date specified by employer	Yes, by employer equivalent to full wage up to end of the unexpired notice period
Employee does not want to work full notice period	Yes, up to date specified by employee	Yes, by employer equivalent to half of his wage up to end of the unexpired notice period

Employees’ leave entitlement in Malta (1992 - 2010)
Full-time Employees
Category of employees	Regular Leave	Optional Leave	Total Leave
6 day week workers	24 days	4 days	192 hrs - app.28 days
5 day week workers	20 days	4 days	192hrs - 24 days
As from the year 2006 no public holiday falling on a day of rest shall be added to the employee’s leave entitlement
Part-time Employees
As per S.L. 452.79 as amended by L.N. 140 of 2007 (as of 1st July 2007) part-time employees, whose part-time employment is their principal employment shall be entitled pro rata to the minimum entitlement of all public holidays, annual vacation leave, sick leave, birth leave, bereavement leave, marriage leave and injury leave as applicable to full-time employees calculated by establishing the weekly number of hours of work spread over successive 13 week periods using the following formula for the first 13 week period and so on: Worked hours in Wk1 (commencing 1st Jul.2007) + Worked hours in Wk2....Wk13 13 As of the coming into force of this legal notice the condition that part-time employees could only benefit from the above leave entitlement if they worked 20 hours per week or more has been abolished.

Employment FAQs - Index

National Minimum Wage in Malta [2010] [2009] [2008] [2007] [2006] [2005]

Full-time & Part-time Employees’ leave entitlement in Malta [2010 & 2009]

Notice of termination of employment in Malta [2010 & 2009]

Public holidays in Malta [2010] [2009] [2008]

Employees’ special leave entitlement in Malta

Employee’ Bonus & Weekly Allowance entitlement in Malta (2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007)

Employees’ Special Leave entitlement in Malta
As per Wholesale & Retail Trades Wages Council - Wage Regulation Order
Type of Leave	Condition
Sick Leave	(Full time employees) After 6 months employment (All sickness days are to be covered by a medical certificate)	15 days sick leave on full pay less sickness benefit plus 36 days on half pay in every calendar year.
Bereavement Leave	On death of following relations: spouse, parents (or the person acting as parent), children, brother or sister	2 days paid leave
Marriage Leave		3 days paid leave
Birth	Birth of a child to the wife	1 day paid leave
Injury Leave	(Full time employees) on the condition that the injury is incurred during the actual discharge of duty and not due to contributory negligence or to any contravention of safety rules laid down by management. (All injury days are to be covered by a medical certificate)	1 year injury leave on full pay less injury benefit.
Jury leave	(Full time employees)	All necessary time off on full pay to attend Court
Download special leave conditions for all industry sectors

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2007
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	Lm59.63 per week	Lm60.13 per week
Age 17 years	Lm56.72 per week	Lm56.99 per week
Age under 17 years	Lm55.50 per week	Lm55.88 per week
Part-time Employees
Normal working hours		Lm1.90 per hour
Sundays & Public holidays		Lm2.65 per hour

Employees’ Bonus & Weekly entitlement in Malta (2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007)
Full-time Employees
Calculation	Period Bonus is Payable	Entitlement	Payment
Pro-rata on the rate per week for part of a week from October to March	Last working day of March	€4.66 (Lm2) per week	€121.16 (Lm52)
Pro-rata on the number of days in employment from January to June	June		€135.10 (Lm58)
Pro-rata on the rate per week for part of a week from April to September	Last working day of September	€4.66 (Lm2) per week	€121.16 (Lm52)
Pro-rata on the number of days in employment from July to December	Between 15th & 23rd December		€135.10 (Lm58)
As per S.L. 452.79 as amended by L.N. 140 of 2007 (as of 1st July 2007) part-time employees, whose part-time employment is their principal employment shall be entitled pro rata to statutory bonuses and other income supplements as applicable to full-time employees calculated by establishing the weekly number of hours of work spread over successive 13 week periods using the following formula for the first 13 week period and so on: Worked hours in Wk1 (commencing 1st Jul.2007) + Worked hours in Wk2....Wk13 13 As of the coming into force of this legal notice the condition that part-time employees could only benefit from the above bonuses if they worked 20 hours per week or more has been abolished.

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2009
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	€146.47 per week	€147.64 per week
Age 17 years	€139.69 per week	€140.32 per week
Age under 17 years	€136.85 per week	€137.74 per week
Part-time Employees
Normal working hours	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€4.60 per hour
Sundays & Public holidays	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€6.28 per hour

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2008
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	€142.39 (Lm61.13) per week	€143.56 (Lm61.63) per week
Age 17 years	€135.61 (Lm58.22) per week	€136.24 (Lm58.49) per week
Age under 17 years	€132.77 (Lm57.00) per week	€133.66 (Lm57.38) per week
Part-time Employees
Normal working hours	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€4.50 (Lm1.93) per hour
Sundays & Public holidays	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€6.25 (Lm2.68) per hour

Public Holidays in Malta
Date	Public Holiday	2010	2009	2008
1st January	New Year’s Day	Friday	Thursday	Tuesday
10 February	Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck	Wednesday	Tuesday	Sunday
19th March	Feast of St. Joseph	Friday	Thursday	Wednesday
21st March	Good Friday - 2008	-	-	Friday
31st March	Freedom Day	Wednesday	Tuesday	Monday
2nd April	Good Friday - 2010	Friday	-	-
10th April	Good Friday - 2009	-	Friday	-
1st May	Workers’ Day	Saturday	Friday	Thursday
7th June	Sette Giugno	Monday	Sunday	Saturday
29th June	Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul	Tuesday	Monday	Sunday
15th August	Feast of the Assumption	Sunday	Saturday	Friday
8th September	Feast of Our Lady of Victories	Wednesday	Tuesday	Monday
21st September	Independence Day	Tuesday	Monday	Sunday
8th December	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Wednesday	Tuesday	Monday
13th December	Republic Day	Monday	Sunday	Saturday
25th December	Christmas Day	Saturday	Friday	Thursday

National Minimum Wage in Malta - 2010
Full-time Employees
Age bracket	National	Retail & Wholesale
Age 18 years & over	€152.29 per week	€153.46 per week
Age 17 years	€145.51 per week	€146.14 per week
Age under 17 years	€142.67 per week	€143.56 per week

Part-time Employees employed after the coming into force of the Part-time Employees (Amendment) Regulations, 2010- L.N. 117 of 2010, published on the 12th March 2010 *
	National	Retail & Wholesale
Normal working hours	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	pro-rata (full-time division 40)
Sundays & Public holidays	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	pro-rata (full-time division 40)

Part-time Employees employed before the coming into force of the Part-time Employees (Amendment) Regulations, 2010- L.N. 117 of 2010, published on the 12th March 2010 *
	National	Retail & Wholesale
Normal working hours	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€4.75 per hour
Sundays & Public holidays	pro-rata (full-time division 40)	€6.50 per hour
* other conditions apply - S.L. 452.79 as amended by L.N. 117 of 2010 (as of 12th March 2010)

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