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Belgium: Statutory bereavement leave extended to ten days
Statutory “bereavement leave” has now been extended from three to ten days … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: LinkedIn will allow individual teams to decide if they ever want to return to the office
LinkedIn is giving individual teams the choice about when they return to office-based work and what their longer term mix of home and office based work will be … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Germany: No subsequent granting of leave without a medical certificate
An employer does not have to give additional days leave to an employee ordered to go into quarantine during part of their scheduled annual leave period … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Number of employed persons increased clearly in June 2021
The number of vacancies in June 2021 reached an all-time high since statistics were first collected in 2006 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Framework on health and safety at work 2021-27
EU Framework on health and safety at work 2021-27 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Withdraw from a non-compete obligation
An employer is now free to waive a non-compete clause, provided that there is a right to do so written into an employment contract and it is undertaken in a reasonable way, with notice … Please login to view this …
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Croatia: Amendments to the Croatian Competition Act
The first company that files information concerning a secret cartel with the Croatian Competition Authority (CCA) may now claim 100% immunity from prosecution … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belgium: Constitutional Court prohibits the infinite use of successive short-term and replacement contracts
The use of alternating temporary and replacement contracts for longer than two years has been found by the Constitutional Court to be unlawful … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Microsoft pays staff $1,500 for work in pandemic
The software giant Microsoft is giving a $1,500 one-time pandemic bonus to all employees below Corporate Vice President level who started on or before 31st March 2021 in both the US and internationally, including part-time workers and those on hourly …
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Ukraine: Mutual recognition of education with Hungary
The Cabinet of Ministers in Ukraine have approved a draft agreement with the Government of Hungary on mutual recognition of educational documents and scientific degrees … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Switzerland: Agreement on a “crisis collective labor agreement” at Swissport at Geneva airport
The fallout from the global lockdown has had a huge impact on the airline industry, including services to airport operations … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: New policy for fingerprinting and medical exams is forthcoming
Under the Federal Law No … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: 2020 GDPR fines surge despite strict regulations
Fines for violation of the GDPR have surged by 113% during the last year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Korea: Samsung Display, union reach wage agreement
The first ever strike in an electronics division of Samsung has come to an end, with the labour union and the Samsung display division reaching an agreement for a 4 … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Singapore: Services added to the myMOM portal
In addition to using the myMOM portal to submit new Employment Pass (EP) or S Pass applications, employers are now able to use the same portal to submit applications for the new Dependent Pass (DP) and Long-term Visit Pass (LTVP) …
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