What's wrong with defending workers' leave? GWU asks

The General Workers’ Union on Wednesday asked what was wrong with defending workers’ right to leave or with workers receiving detailed pay slips. It was reacting after the government on Tuesday announced that it was suspending new legal notices on working conditions as a “sign of goodwill” after complaints by employers' organisations that they had not been consulted.   Four employers’ organisations said they would be boycotting forthcoming meetings of the Employment Relations Board in protest against the introduction of the new regulations, “by stealth”. The Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU), the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Employers’ Association and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association were reacting to the publication of four legal notices regulating business transfers, temporary agency workers, itemised pay slips and annual leave allotment which were meant to come into force a few days ago. In a statement, the GWU said, it was “absolutely against” the government’s decision to suspend reforms that, it said, had been discussed at length with all stakeholders. “Contrary to what some would have us believe, these legal notices...