Full-Time Definite Contract of Employment

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In accordance with regulations 4 and 6 of the ‘Transparent and Predictable WorkingConditions Regulations, 2022’ (L.N. 267 of 2022), in those cases where a written contract of employment has been signed between the employer and the employee, the employer shall be bound to deliver to the employee a signed copy of the agreement during a period starting on the first working day and ending no later than the seventh calendar day.

Employer

Enterprise:	____________________________________________________________________
Name: Mr. / Ms. / Mrs.	____________________________________________________________________
I.D. No.:	____________________________________________________________________
Address:	____________________________________________________________________
	____________________________________________________________________
Reg. Co. Number:	____________________________________________________________________
PE Number:	____________________________________________________________________

Employee

Name: Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. ____________________________________________________________________

I.D. No.: ____________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

The parties above agree to enter into this contract of employment with the following terms and conditions:

Job Title	____________________________________________________________________ (preferably attach job description)

Place of Work		____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ (specify normal place of work and whether the employee will be required to work at any other temporary sites within Malta for the proper performance of the employee's duties.)

Duties Abroad	___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (specify whether the employee may be required to perform duties outside of Malta.)

Date of Commencement	___________________________________________________________________
Duration of Employment	___________________________________________________________________ (state the duration of the definite contract or date of expiry of definite period of employment.)

Probation Period	___________________________________________________________________
Wages (fill in where applicable)	1. Full-Time Basic Weekly Wage: ________________________________ 2. Specify other allowance/s: ____________________________________ (such as shift allowance and/or commission structure.) In addition to the above, the employer shall pay the employee the Statutory Bonus and Weekly Allowance as specified by law. (Statutory Bonus payable by the 30^th June and from the 15^th till the 23^rd December. Weekly Allowance payable by the 31^st March and 30^th September.)

Overtime Rates	__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (also include overtime rate in respect of any hours of work performed on Sundays / Public Holidays, as may be applicable.) Most sectors have their minimum overtime rates regulated by the respective Wage Regulation Order (WRO) that covers their activity of work. The Overtime Regulations establish the overtime rates of employees whose overtime is not covered by a WRO.

Periodicity of wage payment	__________________________________________________________________ (state at what intervals wages are to be paid, preferably indicating payment date and payment period)

Normal hours of work (excluding overtime)	__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (list the total number of working hours per week and the relative schedule of work. However, the Employer may, from time to time change the fixed weekly schedule of work should new business exigencies provided by the employer develop on a permanent basis.)

Public Holidays	__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (where a national or public holiday falls on a Saturday, Sunday or weekly day of rest to which an employee is entitled, such employee shall be entitled to an additional day of vacation leave during that same calendar year in respect of each such national or public holiday.)

Vacation Leave	__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (it should be noted that the employee is entitled to fifteen hours with pay per year as time-off for urgent family reasons, which are deductible from the annual leave entitlement of the employee.)

Sick Leave	___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (in occasions of sickness, a medical certificate has to be presented to the employer on the day of return to work or, if such period of sickness is longer than seven days, within seven days of the commencement of sick leave absence. The employer shall have the right to send a medical practitioner to visit and examine an employee who is on sick leave.)

Other Leave	Birth Leave	___________________________________________
	Marriage Leave	___________________________________________
	Bereavement Leave	___________________________________________
	Jury Service Leave	___________________________________________
	Other Leave	___________________________________________
Special Conditions	____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Collective Agreement	____________________________________________________________________ (if applicable, attach copy of relevant collective agreement)
Fines	____________________________________________________________________ (if applicable, attach a copy of the permit details as approved by the Director of Industrial and Employment Relations)
_________________________ Date ______________________________ Signature of Employee I.D. Number: ________________	____________________________ Signature of Employer/Representative I.D. Number: ______________ Position: __________________

N.B. A copy of the written contract of employment shall be kept by the employer and also given to the employee. Furthermore, if a reference to the law is made, the relative provision of the law must be indicated.

Maltese law shall cover the validity, construction and performance of this contract.

Download a copy of this sample Contract of Employment from here.