- Phase
- Cap. 452 - Employment and Industrial Relations Act, 2002; Subsidiary legislation 452.96 - Employee (Information and Consultation) Regulations (Legal Notice 10 of 2006, as amended by Legal Notice 427 of 2007); Subsidiary Legislation 452.80 - Collective Redundancies (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Legal Notice 428 of 2002, as amended by Legal Notices 427 and 442 of 2004)
- Native name
- Kap. 452 - Att dwar l-Impiegi u r-Relazzjonijiet Industrijali, 2002; Leġislazzjoni Sussidjarja 452.96 - Regolamenti dwar Dritt għal Informazzjoni u Konsultazzjoni mal-Impjegati (Avviż Legali 10 tal-2006, kif emendat bl-Avviż Legali 427 tal-2007); Leġislazzjoni Sussidjarja 452.80 - Regolamenti dwar Sensji Kollettivi (Harsien ta’ l-Impjiegi) (Avviż Legali 428 tal-2002, kif emendat bl-Avviż Legali 427 u 442 tal-2004)
- Type
- Obligation to consider alternatives to collective dismissals
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Article
Employment and Industrial Relations Act, 2002 - Article 42; Subsidiary legislation 452.96 and 452.80 - Whole regulations
Description
In situations concerning collective redundancies
Consultations shall cover ways and means of avoiding the collective redundancies (10 employees in companies with 21-99 employees, 10% of staff in companies with 100-300 employees, 30 employees in larger companies) or reducing the number of employees affected by such redundancies and mitigating the consequences.
In exceptional circumstances
Employers and trade union representatives may agree to different conditions of employment than those specified by law as a temporary measure to avoid redundancies. Such agreements must be approved by the Director of Industrial and Employment Relations, and this approval reviewed every 4 weeks, as is stipulated by Article 42 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act. Past agreements involved recourses to a four day week which meant a reduction in the weekly wage.
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Malta: Obligation to consider alternatives to collective dismissals, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/obligation-to-consider-alternatives-to-collective-dismissals/malta