The Malta Union of Midwives & Nurses said it cannot tolerate more the fact that the Health Department is authorising deductions without consent on the salaries of its members every time the same department does a mistake and overpays its employees. Accomplice with the Health Department is the Treasury Office in Valletta. 

The last case occurred this week when a single mother raising a seven month baby was overpaid by the Health Department with the amount of €1215. This nurse asked for a breakdown as was not convinced that this amount was correct. The Department objected to hand a breakdown and instead did not give any salary to this nurse, leaving her literally stranded with her seven month baby to care.

This was not the first case that occurred and so MUMN seeked legal advice who in turn sent a letter to the Permanent Secretary at the Health Department.

MUMN will not accept the fact that the Treasury Office in Valletta continues to shift the Health Department's mistakes on our members and more grievous are the situations where deductions are occurring without our member's consent.

MUMN is ready to meet the Finance and Health Ministries in order to discuss and find an acceptable solution for this scenario. On the other hand if another member complains due to a similar situation, MUMN will not have any other option but to register an industrial dispute with the Health Department..