On 1st July 2014 Engineering
Resources Ltd., (ERL) was registered with the Malta Financial Services
Authority with its shareholders being the Malta Government and Malta Government
Investments Ltd. The Board of Directors initiated its business upon the repeal
of the Enemalta Act 1977 when all Enemalta Corporation employees were
transferred on the books of Engineering Resources Ltd., and henceforth all
became employees of this new company. While
this move was taking place all employees were notified of the change of
employer and were thus deployed to work at Enemalta plc or Enemed Co., Ltd. During
the first months of operation, ERL gave the kickstart to its functions to
attend the needs of its employees. Among the various activities that needed to
operate was the Time and Attendance and associated activities, the wages
section, Human Resources and Industrial Relations. As the months went by it was
necessary to set out a plan on how ERL would react when employees from Enemalta
plc are released and returned to ERL. ERL had engaged on a process to inform
Government entities that ERL would be offering its Human Resources to meet the
shortage of staff that they had been encountering for years. Once this was made
known, the Government entities were requested to submit their requirements so
that they could be matched with the available human resources that were to
become available. Since there was a large demand from the Government entities
for ERL employees’ skills and competence, employees had the benefit to choose
locations of work when more than one entity was seeking the same Human
Resource. Although this was a difficult task to carry out in such a short
period of time, it can be said that all employees are now deployed at several
of the Government entities. Just because all released employees are settled and
gainfully occupied, ERL’s work continues as the employer which will continue to
provide the livelihood of so many employees and safeguarding their wellbeing.