Żminijietna – Voice of the Left welcomes the goodwill shown by the government together with the work of the General Workers’ Union to put into force the new amendments under legal notice Nr 44 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act.

“The approved amendments will reduce the abuses that took place in the engagement of new workers on a self employed basis,” said the leftist organisation Żminijietna.

Żminijietna states “that the act is a very important legislation to address the problem of precariousness in the labour market. In fact the legal notice stipulates eight criteria, where if five of them are satisfied, self-employed worker will have to be classified as engaged on a full-time basis on an indefinite contract, for the service given to his employer”.

“This is clear proof of how important the work of the trade unions is for the country and society in general. It is important that the workers are organised in a trade union, as these organisations’ main aim is to protect workers and safeguard their conditions of work and standard of living”, concluded the organisation Żminijietna.