Court stops HSBC from making any changes to collective agreement

First Hall of Civil Court upholds prohibitory injunction against HSBC Bank Malta, stopping it from ‘firing, terminating employment, or make any changes to sales force and sales management working conditions.

8 November 2012, 12:00am
by Karl Stagno-Navarra

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The judgment quoted the collective agreement which states that: until a new agreement is signed, the contents of this agreement, shall remain in force.

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In a judgment handed this morning by Mr Justice Joseph Zammit McKeon, the First Hall of the Civil Courts, upheld an urgent request filed by the Union of Bank Employees (MUBE), to stop HSBC Bank Malta in its tracks, from implementing any changes to the what was agreed within the structure of a collective agreement which expires in December 2013.

The judgment quoted the collective agreement which states that: "until a new agreement is signed, the contents of this agreement, shall remain in force."

MUBE filed for a mandatory prohibotory injuction after it was informed that HSBC Bank Malta was attempting to "unilaterally change" the sales remuneration package for its employees.

While acknowledging MUBE's correctness of seeking legal redress on the issue, Mr. Justice Zammit McKeon ordered that HSBC Bank Malta stops its attempts to make the changes to the sales team's remuneration package.

It also ordered the bank to foot the court expenses.