Updates On Matters For Violence And Harassment At Work

On 11th of April 2025, the Law on the Prevention and Combating of Violence and Harassment in the Workplace L.42(I)/2025 came into force. The new legal framework aims at preventing and addressing all forms of violence and harassment in the workplace, providing both civil and criminal remedies.

The Law applies to (a) employees' activities and behaviour in the workplace, (b) employers' activities and behaviour resulting a complaint or resisting a behaviour and (c) to third parties that have a customer / contractual relationship or offer services in the workplace or to the employer or to members of the public who visit the workplace or the employer and in relation to acts or behaviours that constitute violence or harassment.