S.L. 595.27 Art. 11Employees of the Agency. Renumbered: L.N. 137 of 2019.

(1) All employees and any other public officers currently deployed within the MFSA performing duties concomitant with the functions of the Agency may be regarded as employees of the Agency as established by virtue of this order under the same terms and conditions prevailing at the date of coming into force of this order: Provided that employees and public officers currently deployed within the MFSA may also retain their current position of employment with the MFSA:

Provided further that employment contracts of employees and public officers desirous of retaining their employment with the MFSA shall remain in force between the relative employee and the MFSA or the relative public officer and the MFSA, as applicable, and that employee or public officer shall in no way be regarded as an employee of the Agency.

(2) The employment contracts entered into between, on the one hand, the employees of the Agency within the MFSA and the MFSA, on the other part, shall continue to be in force as if they had been entered into by the Agency as established by this order and any collective agreement in force prior to the coming into force of this order which affects the rights and status of the same employees shall continue to be in force as if it had been entered into by the Agency.

(3) The Agency shall have the authority to engage its own employees.