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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.58
TRAVEL AND INSURANCE AGENCIES WAGES 
COUNCIL WAGE REGULATION ORDER
27th February, 1978
LEGAL NOTICE 22 of 1978, as amended by Legal Notices 34 of 1978
and 117 of 1978.
Title.
Wages Council Wage Regulation Order.
Field of operation 
of Wages Council.
2. The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall apply to
all employees in respect of whom the Travel and Insurance
Agencies Wages Council operates.
Amended by:
L.N. 34 of 1978;
L.N. 117 of 1978.
SCHEDULE
Interpretation.
Cap. 252.
1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires -
"customary holidays'' means the days (other than Sundays)
declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the
National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;
"calendar year" is a period of twelve months starting from 1st
January and ending on the 31st December;
"day" in the case of night shift employees means a period of
twenty four consecutive hours; and in all other cases it means a
period running from midnight of one day to midnight of the next
following day;
"Director" means the Director of Labour and includes any officer
authorised by him to act in his stead;
"hours of work" means the time on any day during which
employees are at the disposal of the employer, exclusive of the
intervals allowed for meals and rest;
"industrial employee" means an employee employed wholly or
mainly on manual or fatigue duties and includes messengers,
handymen, fatiguemen and watchmen;
"non-industrial employee" means an employee employed wholly
or mainly on clerical duties and includes booking-clerk, accounts-
clerk, shed-clerk, shorthand-typist, telephone-operator/typist,
reservation and sales clerk; it also includes courier/representative;
"night shift" means any period of employment that includes any
hours from 10.00 p.m. of any one day to 6.00 a.m. of the next
following day;
"part-time employee" means an employee who is not a whole-
time employee;
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"period of employment" means the time in any day during which
employees are at the disposal of the employer, but inclusive of the
intervals allowed for meals and rest;
"time-and-a-half" and "double-time" mean respectively one and a
half and twice the actual time rate applicable to the employee;
"wages" means remuneration or earnings payable in money by an
employer to an employee;
"week" means a calendar week;
"weekly day of rest" means a period of twenty-four consecutive
hours commencing at the time at which the employee would
normally commence his turn of duty;
"whole-time employee" means an employee who is employed for
more than thirty hours in any one week.
(2) For the purpose of calculating the average weekly hours of
work for the purpose of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise
requires, account shall be taken of the uninterrupted period of
employment during the particular calendar year.
Hours of work. 2. (1) Whole-time non-industrial employees: 
( a ) The minimum weekly wage of whole-time non-
industrial employees except a courier/representative
shall be related to a five day week from Monday to
Saturday of not more than forty hours of work
exclusive of overtime calculated on an average for one
calendar year, in a way that the employees shall have a
day from Monday to Saturday inclusive free from
work and provided that normal work on Saturdays is
carried out until 1.00 p.m. only.
( b ) In the case of a courier/representative the working
week shall consist of forty hours spread over a period
of six days, from Monday to Sunday.
(2) Whole-time industrial employees, other than watchmen:
The minimum weekly wage of whole-time industrial employees
except watchmen shall be related to a week of not more than forty
hours of work, exclusive of overtime calculated on an average for
one calendar year.
(3) Watchmen:
The minimum weekly wage of watchmen shall be related to a
week of not more than forty-eight hours of work, and no watchman
shall be required to work for more than forty-eight hours in any
week.
(4) Time-Schedule:
A time-schedule covering a period of a calendar year for all
categories or for different categories of employees in the same
establishment, as the case may be, shall be submitted in writing by
registered letter to the Director and shall, when so notified and
provided it complies in all respects with the provisions of this
Order and the requirements of any other law, constitute the normal
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working hours in the establishment:
Provided that -
( a ) until such time-schedule is submitted to the Director as
aforesaid, the normal working hours in the
establishment shall be forty hours in any one week,
and
( b ) any changes to such time-schedule shall be effected by
the employer after the prior notification in writing of
such changes to the Director.
Minimum wages of 
whole-time 
employees.
3. The minimum weekly wages payable to whole-time
employees shall be the following:
(i) industrial employees:
At age 18 or over ................................ Lm17.38
At age 17 ............................................ Lm15.38
At age 16 ............................................ Lm14.38
(ii) non-industrial employees:
During the first year of employment 
in the establishment ............................ Lm17.38
During the second year of employment
in the establishment ............................ Lm18.38
During the third year of employment
in the establishment ............................ Lm19.38
During the fourth year of employment
in the establishment ........................... Lm21.38.
Minimum wages of 
part-time 
employees.
4. The minimum remuneration payable to part-time
employees of the categories specified in paragraph 3 hereof shall be
pro rata  at an hourly rate arrived at by dividing the amount
appearing for the category by the number of hours of work per
week for the relative category.
Minimum daily 
rest.
5. All whole-time employees, other than watchmen, shall be
allowed intervals for meals and rest of not less, in the aggregate,
than one hour every day:
Provided that the interval for mid-day lunch shall not be
longer than two hours.
Minimum weekly 
rest.
6. All whole-time employees shall be allowed a weekly day
of rest in every week.
Minimum overtime 
rates.
7. (1)  Overtime shall be payable in respect of all whole-time
employees, excluding watchmen and a courier/representative -
( a ) for all time worked in excess of normal working hours
as laid down in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 2 hereof, at the rate of.....time-and-a-half;
( b ) for all-time worked in excess of nine hours in any one
day, exclusive of any rate paid in accordance with sub-
paragraph ( a ) of this paragraph, and for all work
performed after 1.00 p.m. on Saturday, at the rate of
.......................................................... time-and-a-half;
( c ) for all time worked on Sundays and customary
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holidays, at the rate of ............................ double-time.
(2) Items ( a ) and ( b ) of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph
shall not apply to workers on night shift duty.
(3) Overtime rates for a courier/representative shall be as
follows -
( a ) for all time worked in excess of forty hours in a week
of six days or of seven hours in any one day
.......................................................... time-and-a-half;
( b ) for all time worked on customary holidays and the
weekly day of rest .................................. double-time.
Night-shift 
allowance.
8. An employee shall be entitled to a night-shift allowance of
one-thirtieth (1/30) of his weekly wage for each night shift he
works, provided that a minimum allowance of one-fifteenth (1/15)
of the weekly wage is payable in any one week in which night-shift
work is done.
9. Whole-time employees shall be entitled, in every calendar
year, to -
( a ) all customary holidays with full pay, and
( b ) after three months in employment, vacation leave of
such number of working days with full pay as is
equivalent to the number of working days as that
particular employee should normally attend to work
during a period of four weeks:
Provided that whole-time employees who have
been in employment for less than one year shall be
entitled to such part of the said vacation leave as is in
proportion to the number of months in employment.
Sick leave. 
Cap. 318.
10. In any calendar year, all whole-time employees shall be
entitled to fifteen days’ sick leave on full pay less any sickness
benefit to which they may be entitled under the Social Security Act,
and to a further period of fifteen days, on half pay less half of any
such sickness benefit, provided that a medical certificate certifying
incapacity for work covering the period of absence is produced to
the employer, who shall be entitled if he so wishes, to send his own
medical officer to examine the employee.
Interruption of 
employment.
11. For the purposes of paragraph 9 and paragraph 10, any
period of incapacity for work due to sickness of not more than
thirty days shall not interrupt the continuity of service.
Bereavement leave 
and special leave.
12. Whole-time employees shall be allowed -
( a ) two days paid leave on the occasion of the death of any
of the following relations: the wife or husband, the
mother, father (or the person who at the time was in
fact acting as the mother or father of the employee)
and the son or daughter, brother or sister of the
employee;
( b ) one day paid leave on the birth of a child to the wife of
the employee;
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( c ) three working days paid leave on the occasion of the
marriage of an employee.
Leave for jury 
service.
13.   Whole-time employees called for jury service shall be
allowed all the necessary time off on full pay to attend the Court on
such service.
Injury leave.
Cap. 318.
14.   Whole-time employees shall be entitled to one year injury
leave on full pay less the full amount of any injury benefit to which
such employee may be entitled in terms of the Social Security Act,
if he is injured during the actual discharge of his duty and not due
to any contributory negligence on his part or to any contravention
of safety rules laid down by the management.
Retiring age.
at the age of sixty years, such employee shall be given the
opportunity by the employer to retain his employment beyond this
age at least until the age of sixty-one years, provided that the
employee in question shall still be allowed, if he so wishes, to retire
at sixty years.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order but is intended to indicate its
applicability).
The provisions of the above Schedule apply to all employees in
any undertaking or in part of an undertaking the activities of which
consist wholly or mainly in the provision of services relating to
travel (including freight by sea or air) or insurance or estate agency
and for watchmen, telephone operators and other persons employed
by shipping agents, travel agents, or contractors on board the ships
whilst in the territorial waters of Malta.
