Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the module/unit the learner will be able to:

• Identify illegal (discriminatory) practices in recruitment
• Include minimum legal clauses in an employment contract
• Identify instances of workplace harassment, discrimination and victimisation
• Identify what disciplinary actions are permitted and how to go about them to mitigate the impact of and avoid costly litigation
• Determine how collective redundancies are deemed differently from individual redundancies
• Identify principles emanating from the Act, such as the Equal pay for job of equal value
• List the salient points of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act (EIRA)
• Define what could be deemed as an unfair dismissal.
• Distinguish termination procedures between fixed term and indefinite term employees
• Describe family based rights that are applicable such as parental leave entitlements, urgent family leave entitlements and other family entitlements
• Describe the different social security benefits that employees are entitled to, with particular reference to pensions
• Describe the rights and entitlements that part-time workers have
• Describe the different working time regulations that are relevant to different industrial sectors employees
• Apply the provisions of a Subsidiary Legislation whenever it regulates particular Economic activity
• Calculate pro-rata benefits for Part-time employees
• Apply the first-in-last out principle whenever a collective redundancy takes place
• Demonstrate what is the status of an employee who underwent a transfer of business between a transferor and a transferee
• Distribute rosters in such a way that they adhere to the working time regulations
• Make use of the provisions of the Collective Agreement to take disciplinary action in respect to one of the employees

Venue

Tower Training Centre
Lower Ground Floor, Tower Business Centre, Tower Street, Swatar, Malta. (view map)

(Free parking available at level minus 5)

Trainer

Christopher Cutajar

Christopher obtained an Executive Master in Business Administration from the University of Malta in 2013. His dissertation was related to the Perceptions of Trade Unions held by Workers in Malta, which focused on the Hospitality Industry. He was directly active in the trade union sector between 2009 and 2014, whereby he had managed to obtain both first-hand experience of the trade unions’ work and also knowledge through various seminars and conferences, held locally and abroad. He had the opportunity to attend for various courses organised by the European Trade Union Institute.

He took care of various recruitment processes within the Public Sector and the Public Service, and currently serves as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects.