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Resignation letter (Malta)

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For an employee in Malta on a contract for an indefinite time, or still on probation, who is leaving the job: a letter that resigns, states the notice you give and your last day, counted as the Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452) requires, and asks for written confirmation, your final wages and unused leave by the next pay day, your share of the statutory bonuses and your FS3. Send it by registered letter with a copy by email, and keep the post office receipt.

  • Last updated November 3, 2026
  • Document in English
Malta
Notice & Demand
English
Employment
Print & sign
1 page

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When to use this document

  • You found a new job in Malta and need to tell your current employer in writing that you are leaving.
  • Your manager in Malta asked you to put your resignation on paper before your notice can start.
  • You are still on probation at a job in Malta and want to leave properly with a week's notice.
  • You want your last day, your unused leave and your final pay in Malta settled without arguments.

What you fill in

The details the document asks for.

  • Employee
  • Employee's address
  • City
  • Employee's postcode
  • Date
  • Employer
  • Employer's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
  • Job title
  • Your contract (indefinite, or still on probation)
  • Notice in weeks (0 if none is owed)
  • Last day
  • Other notes

Common questions

How much notice must I give when I resign from a job in Malta?
On a contract for an indefinite time, article 36(5) of Cap. 452 sets it by your service with the employer: one week after more than one month and up to six months, two weeks up to two years, four weeks up to four years, eight weeks up to seven years, then one week more for each further year, up to twelve weeks. A technical, administrative, executive or managerial post may have a longer notice agreed in the contract. On probation it is one week once you have worked more than a month.
What happens if I leave without working my notice in Malta?
Under article 36(10) of Cap. 452, an employee who does not give the notice owes the employer half the wages for the notice period, unless there is good and sufficient cause for leaving (article 36(14)). The employer may instead let you go before the notice ends by paying the wages for the rest of it (article 36(9)). If you want to leave earlier, agree the date with your employer in writing.
Can I use this letter to leave a fixed-term contract in Malta early?
No. This letter is for a contract for an indefinite time and for probation. Leaving a fixed-term contract before its end, without good and sufficient cause, makes you liable to pay the employer half the full wages for the rest of the term (article 36(12) of Cap. 452). The way out is to agree an earlier end with the employer in writing, which the agreement ending employment by mutual consent sets down.
When must my last wages and unused leave be paid after I resign in Malta?
By the next pay day after the employment ends, as if it had not ended (article 22(2) of Cap. 452), with your proportionate share of the statutory bonuses and income supplement (article 23). If they are not paid, the Department for Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER) takes complaints free of charge, and the letter about unpaid wages asks the employer first.

How you can sign this document

  • Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
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