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UAE: Proposed amendments to pension scheme policy consultation ends on 29th September 2023 in DIFC
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is proposing an amendment to Part 10 of Law No … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Falling hours worked (Q2 2023)
During Q2 2023, hours worked reduced by 5 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Peru: Average monthly income over the year to March 2023
The average monthly income in March was 1,566 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Apostille Convention will come into effect on 11th January 2024
This facility means that citizens and businesses will be able to submit Canadian public documents, such as birth and marriage certificates, education, and corporate records to a central hub to obtain an authenticity certificate called an ‘apostille’ … Please login …
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Australia: McDonalds rolls out new wellbeing App as part of its employee assistance program
Around 115,000 employees and their families of this fast food giant may now digitally access 24/7 live chats with registered professionals such as nurses and psychologists for support with mental health care, to gain general medical advice and personal safety …
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Brazil: Falling prices in Sao Paulo
Brazil’s most populous city experienced its first welcome moments of deflation in July – with consumer prices falling by 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: NLRB opens up labor market for unions to gain recognition
Gone are the days when an employer could organize a determined strategy to undermine a union’s efforts to recruit employees … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Beijing increases minimum wages, effective 1st September 2023
The monthly minimum wage for full-time workers in the capital city now stands at 2,420 yuan (US$332), up from 2,320 yuan (US$318 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Tax agency updates guidance on company car advisory fuel rates
From 1st September 2023, the advisory electricity rate (AER), used to reimburse drivers of electric company cars, has been increased from 9 pence per mile (ppm) to 10ppm … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Italy: Use of a company online chat facility to criticise the company is cause for dismissal
The Court of Appeal in Sassari (Sardinia) has ruled that an employer was justified in dismissing an employee who continued to use the chat facility for declaring employer professionally incompetent – even after being advised to use a private social …
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Germany: Alteration of a team assignment declared unlawful under codetermination law
The way that German employers are greatly impaired by the right of works councils to interfere in the most petty of operational decisions can be readily found in so many day-to-day frustrations experienced by management … Please login to view …
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Bulgaria: Sharp fall in Industrial output (July 2023)
For the seventh consecutive month industrial output has fallen – running to -11 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belgium: Industrial output continues to decline (July 2023)
A year-on-year fall of 4 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Food prices should no longer be a driver for consumer price inflation
World food prices continue their downward path and in August 2023 were 24% below their peak recorded in March 2022 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Modest revision in minimum rates in Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The lowest daily minimum wage rate in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (a 500-island archipelago off the coast of Myanmar) have been increased by 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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