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Vietnam: Social insurance law amendments
The National Assembly has now passed the Social Insurance Law, which will take effect on 1st July 2025 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Poland: Contrariety of HR pressures
Poland is rapidly finding itself at the heart of a huge commonly shared contradiction in terms … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Dismissal for dress code infringement
The Supreme Court has declared a dismissal of an employee legitimate after he repeatedly refused to refrain from wearing a large neck chain, rings, a large bracelet and a bulky watch to work or to shave off a goatee beard …
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UAE: Improved paid maternity leave
Women in private firms are typically granted 60 days maternity leave – 45 days fully paid and 15 days half paid … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Switzerland: Widening seniority pay gap
The pay of top managers of Swiss companies relative to the lowest paid employees widened from 139 times in 2022 to 143 times in 2023 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Drugs testing in the workplace
The Swedish Labour Court has ruled that as there is no drug test available which can definitively determine whether or not an individual is “under the influence” of narcotics at any given time, an employer must come to their own …
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Argentina: Ruling on excessive interest rates and penalties
The recent excessive court penalties applied to employers across the country has eventually been addressed by the Supreme Court … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Laos: Regular health checks
The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare will shortly begin requiring the conduct of health checks for all workers at least once a year (but twice a year when working in hazardous environments) … Please login to view this content …
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India: The legality of ‘lock-in’ periods
A ‘lock in’ provision within an employment contract is usually an undertaking by the employee that they shall remain in the employment of their organization for a specified minimum time. In some cases, this is linked to an investment by
United Kingdom: Payroll submission deadline delayed
Contrary to earlier announcements by the HMRC, employers will not now be required to start providing more detailed employees’ hours data through PAYE Real Time Information returns from April 2025 … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Slovenia: Reliance on Asian workers
An increase is taking place in the number of workers entering Slovenia to work from countries such as Bangladesh, India and Nepal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: GDPR used as a shield against working time fraud
One of the fundamental weaknesses of legal precedent in an EU context is the lack of cross referral between higher court decisions in different EU states … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belgium: Changes to Brussels immigration policies
With effect from 1st October 2024, the salary thresholds for specific categories of occupation will be calculated based on a percentage of the average gross monthly salary in the Brussels Capital Region (currently €4,604) … Please login to view this …
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Nigeria: The pitfalls of probation
Employers must not assume that because there is no statutory basis for probation under Nigerian law that they may just hire and fire ‘at will’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mauritius: Bumper leave entitlement
It may come as a shock for most employers due to a probably forgotten provision dating back to the Workers Right Act 2019 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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