Seven gaming employees have filed a judicial protest against their employer in Malta after they were told they could either take move to Georgia and take a hefty pay cut or find themselves a new job.

The seven employees, who are Turkish, say that Evolution Malta Limited informed them that it would no longer be serving Turkish-speaking clients and that they would therefore be transferred to Georgia, where they would be paid as much as employees there. That salary would have been “much less” than they were earning in Malta.

If they did not wish to accept this arrangement, they were free to seek other work, the judicial protest said.

The employees said this “entirely abusive and illegal” behaviour was leading to the loss of their livelihoods. They warned that the company would be held responsible for damages if it persisted in this behaviour.

Lawyers Joseph P. Bonello and David Bonello signed the judicial protest.