Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 3

3. (1) A Board to be designated Employment Relations Board and hereinafter referred to as the "Board", shall be appointed by the Minister. (2) The Board shall be composed as follows: (a) an independent chairperson; (b) the Director responsibl e for Employment and Industrial Relations who shall act as Deputy Chairperson; (c) four representatives of employees nominated by the Malta Council for Econom ic and Social Development from amongst the representative national workers’ organisations sitting on the said Council; (d) four representatives of em ployers nominated by the Malta Council for Econom ic and Social Development from amongst the representative national employers’ organisations sitting on the said Council; and (e) three other persons to be appointed by the Minister. (3) The functions of the Board shall be - (a) to make recommendations to the Minister as to any national minimum standard conditions of employment, hereinafter referred to as a national standard recommendation, for eventual inclusion in a national standard order; (b) to make recommendations to the Minister as to any sectoral conditions of employment, hereinafter referred to as a sectoral regulation recommendation, for eventual inclusion in a sectoral regulation order; (c) to advise the Minister on any matter relating to EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [ CAP. 452. 9 conditions of employment, or on any matter referred to the Board by the Minister: (d) to carry out the functions assigned to it by article 73 and any other function that may be assigned to it by law from time to time. (4) The Minister shall appoint a public officer to act as secretary to the Board. (5) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to any regulations made thereunder the Board sh all regulate its own procedure: Provided that the Chairperson of the Board shall not vote unless on any question the votes are equally divided, in which case he shall have and exercise a casting vote. (6) The Board shall have the power to co-opt non voting members and to appoint sub-committees. PART II RECOGNISED CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT National Standard Orders and Sectoral Regulation Orders.