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In line with the new Business Hours Regulations, which have come into force as of January 2017 and which allow shops to open on Sundays, the Wholesale and Retail Trades Wages Council Wage Regulation Order has also been amended.

Nick Valenzia and Joseph Camilleri have contributed to this year's Chambers Law and Practice Guide – Shipping.

The Identity Malta Agency and the Malta Business Registry have announced that as from the 3rd February, 2020

Legal Notice 59 of 2021 has amended the annual leave provisions in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations (S.L. 452.87).

An employee of an Italian business posted a derogatory comment on Facebook about her employer, using her mobile phone, which read something along the lines of "I've had enough of this sh**** place", complaining about the ever-changing tasks being assigned to her

Increased labour mobility within the European Union has led the European Commission to propose a European Labour Authority with the main objectives of ensuring easier access to information for individuals and employers.

By means of the amendments, harsher penalties were introduced in the case of harassment and victimisation in the employment context.

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has on the 16 March 2020 issued a circular informing all subject persons that the deadline for submission of the REQ has been extended.

The Article 29 Working Party ('WP29') has recently adopted and subsequently finalised its long-awaited guidelines on Consent as well as those on Transparency under Regulation 2016/679 (the 'GDPR').

However, the Court disagreed with this argument, remarking that a person's debt can be paid by a third party.

On 2 April 2020, the European Commission approved Malta's State aid scheme to support the local economy amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

A number of press reports and articles have appeared recently in the Maltese media regarding the consequences of the Constitutional Court judgment in Federation of Estate Agents vs Director General (Competition) et.

This relieves consumers from having to physically submit complaint forms at the Office for Consumer Affairs, particularly in the wake of the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

The EIOPA Recommendations urge competent authorities to ease reporting and disclosure requirements falling under the Solvency II Directive applicable to the insurance sector.

Earlier this month the United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met in open session to conduct a hearing entitled 'Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission'.

Most employers are aware of the importance of given warnings (and therefore a second or third chance) to employees prior to dismissal. However, this may sometimes backfire if it goes on for too long.

In the case of Waldemar Galea v l-Universita' ta' Malta, decided by the Court of Appeal on the 25th January 2019, it was held that due to the wording of the law in Chapter 452