The Employment Agencies Regulations came into effect on the 1 January 1996. These Regulations are intended to regulate Employment agencies who are engaged in an activity of bringing together and matching people looking for employment and job opportunities.
On the other hand, the Temporary Working Regulations stems out from the Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 19 November 2008 on temporary agency work and was transposed into Maltese law on the 5 December 2011. These Regulations regulate Temporary Work Agencies who assigns, whether on a regular or on an irregular basis, the temporary agency workers to user undertakings to work there temporarily under their supervision and direction, whether or not such activity is the main or ancillary activity of the temporary work agency.