The European Commission has published a report on the supra-national risk assessment of the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the internal market and relating to cross-border activities.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently issued an opinion of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar in case C-90/16 (the English Bridge Union), which may have interesting ramifications on the interpretation of what constitutes a sport for VAT purposes.
Recent amendments to law now mean that employers are bound to grant a period of paid leave to employees who undergo the processes of medically assisted procreation, whether such treatment takes place in Malta or otherwise.
The Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive required transposition into national law by 26 June 2017. The new obligations imposed on obliged entities by means of the 4AMLD are significant and require investment in dedicated compliance resources.
In certain circumstances it may be seen as an important consideration by an employer to impose post-termination obligations and restrictions on its employees.
Samuel Butler wrote in The Way of All Flesh, “…I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.”