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Armenia: Deflationary trend (Q1 2024)
Consumer prices over the period from January to March 2024 compared to the equivalent period twelve months before fell, on average, by 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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New Zealand: AEWV rule changes
For employers hiring migrants on the AEWV, there are now more requirements at the accreditation and Job Check stages and during the accreditation period … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belize: Past leaky borders holding back new open borders policy
This tropical country in central America has not traditionally opened its borders formally to immigrant labour … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: ‘Nomad’ and remote workers
Decree 79 of 29th February 2024 establishes the right of highly qualified self-employed digital nomads to enter the country free from quotas established under the ‘Flow Decree’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Estonia: Foreign assignments
Those short business trips abroad that do not constitute ‘posted work’ are subject to a minimum daily pay allowance, plus all expenses connected with the trip … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Croatia: Recruitment of immigrant labour from further afield
Although the traditional influx of particularly seasonal labour has been from other Balkan states, it is now increasingly difficult to secure such staff in sufficient numbers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Clamping down on “off-piste” communications
Financial companies, and particularly investment advisors, should take note that the SEC is signaling that it will investigate any instances of employees using personal messaging Apps and other “off-channel” forms of communications to discuss business issues … Please login to …
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Italy: Invalidity of proximity agreement offering lower salary levels
Article 8 of Decree-Law No … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Romania: New rules for long-stay visas and job changes
When a third country national enters the country to work on a long-stay visa, their new employer must draw up and agree an employment contract within 15 days … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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European Court of Justice: VAT on Director fees
There has finally been a definitive answer to the question whether VAT is chargeable on non-executive Director fees in respect to publicly quoted companies … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Backpay obligations
An employer may be liable to apply enterprise agreement entitlements retrospectively to an employee, even though it did not apply at the date of their termination … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Company may not be able to avoid application of former agreement
If an employer hired a large proportion of former employees under the terms of one sectoral collective agreement, they may not refuse a request from newly recruited employees to also be covered by that agreement … Please login to view …
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United Kingdom: New price index – HCI
The Office for National Statistics has finally responded to criticism of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by launching a new “Household Cost Index” (HCI) which indicates in a more genuine way how changing prices affect true rises in the cost …
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Singapore: Preparing for flexible work arrangement (FWA) requests (1st December 2024)
In anticipation of FWA Guidelines coming into effect on 1st December 2024, employers should start planning to put into place a new HR policy adopting and implementing a process for the submission and management of formal FWA requests … Please …
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Japan: Major firms settle for 5.25%
The first pay deals involving major companies has revealed a general level of agreement, with a new common standard – the biggest change since 2013 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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