Malta will have to change its social legislation, because it has failed to correctly transpose the directive on fixed-term contracts of 28 June 1999. Public sector employees have indeed been excluded from this new legislation. (Réf. 06213)
Indeed, Maltese law explicitely excluded public sector employees from the protection granted by the European directive. This problem was highlighted by a European deputy, Simon Busuttil, who asked the European Commission why Malta could operate a distinction between private and public sector employees. The European Commissioner in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, Vladimir Spidla, responded and said that his services had informed him of this situation, and that he was waiting for...
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