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The European Commission is set to challenge requirements for foreign truck drivers to be paid the national minimum wage in France and Germany before they are permitted to make deliveries there. France introduces a new law on July 1^st

The origin of the term “lies, damn lies and statistics” is lost in the mists of time, but if written today it would be best end ..”and recruiter’s statistics”. The existence of a UK absenteeism crisis has been widely reported

77% of those voting in last weekend’s referendum opposed a proposal for all Swiss residents to be given a guaranteed income, whether or not they were employed. The sum would have amounted to CHF 2,500 ($US 2,561) for each adult

In the Chinese province of Guangdong a special employee allowance of 150 Yuan ($US22.78) per month for working in high temperatures is required by law with effect from June 1^st. The cost of any soft drink provided by

The UK The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has published statistics on trade union membership in 2015. The proportion of the working population that were union members fell slightly from 25% to 24.7% – well down from 32.4% in

After lengthy consultation with both sides of Industry, the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has proposed that the national minimum wage should rise on January 1^st 2017 by 11.1% from CZK 9,900 ($US407) to CZK 11,000 ($US452)

Although the incidence of fatal workplace accidents has halved in the UK over the last twenty years the previous downward trend in non-fatal accidents has come to an end in recent years. In 2014-15, the latest year for which data

The Ministry of Manpower is introducing tougher enforcement penalties to combat the growing number of workplace fatalities. ‘Stop work’ notices have been increased from two to three weeks. The site will the only be allowed to be reopened once certain

The Turkish parliament has given approval to a draft law that will allow a flexible working relationship to be established through registered temporary work agencies. These workers may replace employees who are absent due to maternity leave or military service,

A report just published by UNICEF has shocked the Argentinian government by revealing that one third of its children live in poverty. The government is now six months into its term of office and is struggling to control escalating price

Although a 2% disability quota was adopted by the Maltese parliament in the 1960s it was never fully implemented. Now the government has reached agreement with the national employers’ association, the employment and training corporation and chamber of commerce to

A new government focus is being placed on the development of the southern city of Shenzhen as a location to base Chinese multinational enterprises.

An incentive scheme has been established to encourage local companies to go global. It is offering

The way companies handle personal data has come to the forefront in the last few years and now represents one of the biggest risk areas facing HR Professionals. That is why FedEE is establishing a forum to allow HR generalists

The Supreme Court of Spain has confirmed that, during a collective redundancy, failure to mention in the individual dismissal letters the selection criteria that were applied does not support a case for unfair dismissal. This is because the criteria will

A fresh Labour code has come into force in Iraq to replace the former code that dated back to 1987. The new code introduces the right for employers to ask employees to undertake three months’ probation and gives employees a