How Do You Prove Victimization Or Discrimination At Work?

Maltese employment laws focus primarily on employee protection at work, particularly by setting minimum thresholds for work conditions. Article 26 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act protects current and prospective employees against discriminatory treatment at work, including "actions whereby the Employer knowingly manages the work, distributes tasks or otherwise arranges the working conditions so that an employee is assigned a clearly less favourable status than others on the basis of discriminatory treatment".

Should an employee feel that he or she was discriminated against regarding the conditions of employment, possibly leading to dismissal, he or she may lodge a complaint and trigger a case with the Industrial Tribunal within four months of the alleged breach. The latter is obliged to investigate and determine whether any compensation for loss or damages should be awarded to the aggrieved employee.