In accordance with regulations 4 and 6 of the ‘Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions 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. |
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Employer
Name: Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. |
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I.D. No.: |
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Address: |
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Reg. Co. Number: |
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PE Number: |
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Employee
I.D. No.: |
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Address: |
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The parties above agree to enter into this contract of employment with the following terms and conditions:
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Date of Commencement |
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Duration of Employment |
___________________________________________________________________ (state the duration of the definite contract or date of expiry of definite period of employment.) |
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Probation Period |
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Wages (fill in where applicable) |
1. Full-Time Basic Hourly Rate: __________________________________ 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, on a pro rata basis. (Statutory Bonus payable by the 30th June and from the 15th till the 23rd December. Weekly Allowance payable by the 31st March and 30th September.) |
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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.
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Periodicity of wage payment |
__________________________________________________________________ (state at what intervals wages are to be paid, preferably indicating payment date and payment period)
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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.)
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Public Holidays Calculated on a pro rata basis |
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (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.)
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Vacation Leave Calculated on a pro rata basis
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__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (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.)
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Sick Leave Calculated on a pro rata basis
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___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (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.)
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Other Leave
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Birth Leave |
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Calculated on a pro rata basis |
Marriage Leave |
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Bereavement Leave |
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Jury Service Leave |
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Other Leave |
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Special Conditions |
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ |
Fines |
____________________________________________________________________ (if applicable, attach a copy of the permit details as approved by the Director of Industrial and Employment Relations)
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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.
"Pro Rata" is the proportion that the weekly number of hours for which the employee is engaged bears to the number of weekly hours, excluding overtime, of a comparable whole-time employee.
Maltese law shall cover the validity, construction and performance of this contract.
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