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The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has announced that the reform of the country’s Labour Code will take place over the next two years starting with a reform of working time laws. The government has said that the statutory 35-hour

After twelve years of negotiations the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) agreement has finally been signed by all ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar).

Modelled loosely on

The maximum value of a single non-cash benefit (or voucher) that may be paid to employees in Ireland each year free from tax has been doubled from 250 euros (265 US dollars) to 500 euros (530 US dollars). The measure,

On November 16^th 2015, Germany’s Ministry of Labour submitted to the chancellery a draft law amending the Temporary Employment Act and other Acts.

Currently German law gives no clear upper limit on the duration of a temporary agency work

The Caribbean Employers’ Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labour have agreed to establish formal bipartite forums in fifteen Caribbean states. The agreement was reached during a meeting that took place earlier this month under a project funded by the

India’s Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia, has indicated that the government may reduce the country’s corporate tax earlier than previously planned. In February 2015 the government set a four-year deadline for gradually reducing corporate tax from 30% to 25% and repealing

Spain has become the first European Union member state to implement EU Directive 66/2014 on intra-corporate transfers (ICTs).

Multinational companies transferring non-EU directors, specialists or trainees to a unit of the company located in Spain may now apply for ICT

The 2016 budget announced recently by Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, includes a proposal to raise the national minimum wage from the current 900 ringgit (209 US dollars) to 1,000 ringgit (233 US dollars) per month, with effect from

In a recent judgement the UK’s Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the extent to which Human Resources may be involved in disciplinary proceedings.

The case involved an employee who was dismissed for gross misconduct for misuse of expenses and hire

New rules on the issuing of Alien Employment Permits (AEPs) recently came into effect in the Philippines. These change the publication requirements of AEP applications. AEP application details must now be published in a general circulation newspaper and on the

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has drawn up a new type of model pan-European pensions format that could remove an important barrier to employee mobility within the European Union. The standardised Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) would

As of October 1^st 2015 only one general minimum wage rate applies in Mexico. Previously there were two different general minimum wage rates, one which applied in those locations categorised as ‘geographical area A’ and one which applied in

The Luxembourg Central bank has predicted that a wage indexation payment of 2.5% will be triggered for all workers in the country by the first quarter of 2016. This is slightly later than predicted by the Economy Minister in August.

Japan’s legislature recently passed a law that will require private-sector companies with more than 300 employees to set targets for the promotion and employment of women.

The law will require employers to investigate, in relation to their company: the proportion