News Flash

USA: Amazon offers $3,000 bonus to attract talent at new facility in Delaware

Amazon is offering a $3,000 signing up bonus for new Delaware hires … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

India: Past issues of an employee can be recorded only if present charges proven: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu has ruled that the past record of an employee may only be consulted if culpability was proven in previous conduct … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

United Kingdom: Covid deaths average 100 a day with fears of rise when schools return

Public hostility to a return of lockdown measures is probably holding back necessary actions to control dangerously rising infection levels … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Global: Pay levels (Q2 2021)

Labour shortages are leading to a sharp rise in pay levels in some markets, but in others the pandemic continues to depress rates … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

UAE: Travel restrictions for Indian residents (Covid-19)

Only Indian nationals in transit or with existing UAE residence status may currently travel to UAE … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of Yemeni professionals in Saudi Arabia laid off and told to go home

A new policy of dismissing Yemeni nationals is being applied in the south of the country … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Russian Federation: Fixed-term contracts with an ongoing role ruled unlawful by Supreme Court

The conclusion of a series of fixed-term contracts to undertake an ongoing activity has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Germany: Tax concession for the cost of a kindergarten

Parents may not claim the full sum for the cost of a kindergarten as special expenses in their tax return if their employer has paid them a tax-free lump sum … Please login to view this content or become a …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Global: Volume of statute law

Since 1990, the volume of statute law around the World has increased by over 300% … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

USA: Walmart offers doula care for Georgia-based employees

Retail giant Walmart has expanded benefits under the Walmart medical plan to include coverage for doulas – up to US$1,000 per pregnancy – for its associates in the state of Georgia … Please login to view this content or become …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Global: Net pay

The take home proportion of gross pay in the USA is broadly on a par with that in the UK, Japan, Australia and China … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Gulf States: Pakistan to chair Abu Dhabi Dialogue for two-year term

Pakistan will chair the Abu Dhabi Dialogue for the next two years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

United Kingdom: Workers demand right to disconnect law amid overtime epidemic

A recent well publicised report by a UK “thinktank” has talked about an “overtime epidemic” and the need for a legal “right to disconnect” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Germany: BAG suspends decision on night surcharge

How much of a premium should be paid for night work, particularly irregular night work? There are over 400 pending cases before the Federal Labour Court on the issue of “night surcharges” … Please login to view this content or …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.

Global: Remote workers

Once an employee is working 100% on a remote basis, they could effectively be located anywhere in the World … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.