A court has ordered a defunct elderly care home to pay two of its carers their due salaries after the home unjustly denied them much of their salaries. The carers, who are members of the General Workers’ Union (GWU), are foreign nationals who were employed with Msida’s Marina Palace Home. The home was ordered to be closed down in 2022 it was operating without a valid licence and housed residents in rooms which were in horrid states. In a statement, the GWU said that for months, the carers were not receiving their full salaries and were instead given a fraction of what they were owed.
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