Woman forced to quit job in 1979 loses €3k discrimination payout

A civil court’s decision to award a woman €3,000 in compensation for gender discrimination back in the 1970s has been quashed by Malta’s highest court. Isabelle Azzopardi was just 20 years old when she was employed in November 1973 as a female clerk at the National Bank of Malta. A year later, the employees were absorbed by Bank of Valletta plc with