In ‘Lorenza sive Lora Cascun v. Ministru tas-Sahha u Segretarju Permanenti fil-Ministeru tas-Sahha’, on the 27th July 2020, the Industrial Tribunal concluded that in a case when an employee is made subject to any condition which is in line with Maltese Laws and company policies, the employee cannot plead discrimination at his/her workplace. In this case the employee argued that she was being discriminated as she was being requested to take a medical test in order for her to remain in employment with her employer at that time. However, the tribunal concluded that this test was an actual company policy and in line with Malta Government policies. The relevant tribunal went on to decide the case in favour of the defendant and determined that no discrimination in such case.
On the other hand, in ‘Aften Schembri et v. Playmobil Malta Limited’, on the 23rd September 2020, the Industrial Tribunal concluded that the plaintiffs had been treated differently from the other company employees as they were not provided with the necessary training to improve their skills and succeed further within the company. In such a case, only two employees were given the opportunity to further their skills and work in a new department which the defendants had wanted to. The tribunal also considered the fact that, unlike the defendants, the latter two employees were admitted to such a new department without having prior working experience in a similar department