The government has agreed to put Wasteserv and JF contracted employees on indefinite contracts following efforts by UHM Voice of the Workers.
The Malta Independent is informed that Minister for the Environment Jose' Herrera will tomorrow head to the Wasteserv head offices to speak about the new arrangements with the company's employees.
Before the change of administration, Wasteserv employees were employed on indefinite contract. But when the Labour Party took over the government, the entity started to employ workers on a definite contract of six months. UHM Voice of the Workers has since the beginning trying to negotiate with the government to have these indefinite contracts restored so that the new employees employed after March 2013, are not discriminated.
Following talks between UHM and Ministry for the Environment the government decided to change things and have workers employed on definite contract of six months for the first period, and then shift to a three-year contract.
Now, Minister Herrera has decided to bring Wasteserv workers back to their original indefinite contracts, irrespective of whether they were employed before or after the change of government. This means that now, every employee will be in par with each other with regards to employment contracts.
Tomorrow, the Minister will speak with the employees to make the announcement.