Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Americas as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Latin America: SCCs for international data transfers
The Ibero-American Network for the Protection of Personal Data (RIPD) has just issued guidelines on the use of Standard Contractual Clauses to facilitate international data transfers …
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Suriname: The functioning of the ‘Minimum Wage Act 2019’ is due for evaluation
The law states that the system and rate must be evaluated two years after its entry into force …
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Bahamas: PM announces minimum wage increase to $260
The national minimum wage to be increased by 23 …
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Latin America: Pandemic has set back gender equality and female labour force participation by ten years
The United Nations has claimed that the pandemic has set back gender equality and female labour force participation by ten years …
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Latin America: Crypto collapse hitting trading platforms
Cutbacks in staffing have been happening all around the globe as a major dip occurs in the value of crypto currencies …
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Cayman Islands: Pension holiday will end on 30th June 2022
The pension holiday, in place since April 2020 as a COVID-19 relief measure, exempted employers and employees from making mandatory contributions to pension plans …
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Cayman Islands: Scotiabank introduces inclusive parental leave policy
Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia) introduces enhanced parental leave policy …
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El Salvador: Proposal to increase sanctions for violation of labor rights
The Legislative Assembly has proposed that the Labour Code be modified to increase penalties for violation of labour rights …
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Dominican Republic: Salary increase for workers in the construction sector and sugar industry
The Minimum wage for construction workers will rise by 21% on 1st May 2022 and a further 3% on 1st October 2022 …
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Trinidad and Tobago: Landmark decision concerning collective agreements
The Industrial Court has reached a landmark decision concerning collective agreements …
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El Salvador: The emerging gang state
Companies should not be lulled into believing the country is safe because murder statistics are radically improving …
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Haiti: Government hikes minimum wage by up to 54% following worker protests
The Council of Ministers has just agreed to increase the minimum wage for different categories of workers …
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Dominican Republic: Higher minimum wage in the tourism sector will be RD $14,000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Major increases in minimum wage across the tourism sector …
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Latin America: Culture contributes 1.7% of jobs
The growth of leisure as people’s working time declines and the rise in educational levels would both appear to point to the greater importance of “culture” as a sector for career development …
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Trinidad and Tobago: Can employers make it mandatory to take the vaccine?
Speaking at a recent seminar, the President of the Industrial Court, Deborah Thomas-Felix, underlined that employers did not have the right to unilaterally change employment contracts to require employees to be vaccinated …
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