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UAE: OECD anti-multinational law
A public consultation is still underway on implementation of a global minimum tax and global anti-base erosion model rules … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kenya: Affordable housing act
Although deductions of the 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Egypt: Taking more heat out of illegal migration
The European Union has just agreed a 7 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Switzerland: Incidence of shift work (2022)
Across Switzerland 15 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Poland: New council for women in the labour market
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has recently established an advisory body to focus on removing stereotypical attitudes about female occupational roles, suggest ways to help raise the female economic participation rate and to tackle gender and pensions …
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European Union: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
Ever since it was released by the European Commission last Autumn this measure has faced considerable resistance within the Council of Ministers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Holland and Barrett to increase hourly pay for store employees (April 2024)
The leading health and well-being stores group ‘Holland and Barrett’ will be increasing its store staff hourly pay rates from 1st April 2024 from £11 to £12 an hour, with London-based colleagues seeing pay rise from £11 … Please login …
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Israel: Temporary order on protection against dismissal extended until 1st July 2024
In accordance with the law published on 29th February 2024, the validity of the temporary order that provides protection against dismissal for employees who have vacated or been evacuated from their homes, for captives and missing persons and their families …
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USA: New Florida law relaxes work restrictions for older teens
Effective 1st July 2024, employees who are 16-years-old will be given clearance under Florida State law to work for more than 30 hours a week if their employer receives parental permission … Please login to view this content or become …
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Japan: 2024 Starting salaries rise
The monthly starting salaries for University graduates have risen this Spring to an average of 218,324 yen (US$1,440) – up 6,825 (US$45) from last year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: End to manufacture of engineered stone
Australia has become the first country in the World to place a ban on engineered stone, a popular material for kitchen and bathroom benchtops, after documenting hundreds of cases of silicosis in workers in the industry who were exposed to …
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European Union: Annual labour costs (Q4 2023)
Over the year to Q4 2023 hourly labour costs grew across the EU by +4 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Denmark: Leave extended from triplets to twins
Parents of twins will receive longer leave from 1st May 2024 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belgium: Minimum pay thresholds for non-EEA nationals (2024)
In order to obtain a permit allowing employment of non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals in Belgium, minimum salary requirements must be met … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: EEOC turns attention to pregnancy discrimination
In the aftermath of the passing of the Federal Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (PWFA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is going out of its way to support pregnant women being dismissed, even if it is on different legal grounds …
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