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S.L. 601.03 · Part VI · Exclusion and Black Listing of Economic Operators

Regulation 206. Black listing due to unfair employment conditions

Black Listing by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations

Text of the consolidated version in force from 27 June 2025. Where this page and legislation.mt differ, legislation.mt prevails: official textThe Maltese and the English texts are both official; where they conflict, the Maltese text prevails. This page shows the English text.

(1) The Director of Employment and Industrial Relations shall request the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal to black list a person, whether natural or legal, from participating in procedures for the award of public contracts if such person:

(a) has failed to provide his employees with a written contract of service; or

(b) has failed to provide his employees with a detailed pay slip containing all relevant details including amount paid, normal hours worked, overtime hours, hours worked on Sundays and public holidays, hours availed of a leave or sick leave, a breakdown of bonuses and allowances as well as deductions made; or

(c) has failed to deposit wages or salaries by direct payment in the employee’s bank account; or

(d) has failed to provide the relevant bank statements of wages and salaries’ deposit and copies of the detailed payslips, which are to be made available as and when required by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations; or

(e) has subcontracted a public contract to another person employing the same employees of the principal contractor to carry out the same or similar duties for the execution of the said public contract.

(2) When the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations requests to black list a legal person, apart from the legal person, he may also request the black listing of natural persons who represent that legal person.

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