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USA: Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that employers must pay employees whenever they are required to be on premises
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that any time required to be spent by non-exempt workers on company premises outside their specified shift times, however small, must be paid … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Australia: Industrial action and the law
The Australian Workers Union has been successfully prosecuted before the Federal Court for requesting an employer to continue paying union members during an unofficial strike … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Shared parental leave and pay
The government has developed a useful online calculator to help parents determine the amount of pay they will received on shared parental leave … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: BNP Paribas to let some bankers work from home half of the time
A new collective teleworking agreement between BNP Paribas and unions SNB and the CFDT will allow eligible employees to work on a hybrid basis from September 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Finland: Can employers enforce compulsory vaccination on their workers?
In the absence of any legislation specifically concerning rights relating to COVID-19, employers take a significant risk if they seek to enforce vaccination – or prevent non-vaccinated employees from entering company premises … Please login to view this content or …
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European Union: Commission calls on 24 Member States to comply with EU Posting of Workers Enforcement Directive
The European Commission has sent letters to 24 Member States, informing them that their national laws are not compliant with the 2014 Post of Workers Directive … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: State of Montana issues guidance on HB 702 implementation
The State of Montana has issued guidelines about interpreting HB702, which makes discrimination due to vaccine status unlawful … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Minimum wage hikes
It remains too soon for countries that normally schedule minimum wage hikes in January to announce changes for 2022 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Registration of unorganised workers for social security benefits in J&K
The government has so far registered 56,000 “unorganised workers” for social security in the troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Panzhihua – First Chinese city to encourage births by offering subsidies
Local families in Panzhihua, Sichuan province, will now be able to claim a monthly government allowance of 500 yuan (US$77) for both a second and a third child up to the age of three … Please login to view this …
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Romania: Private pension scheme
Employees under the age of 35 must now be informed about their obligation to join a private pension scheme, whilst all employees must now be given a job description … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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USA: Activision Blizzard sued by California over sexual harassment, unequal pay in ‘pervasive frat boy’ culture
The California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has filed a lawsuit against the video game company Activision Blizzard claiming a series of legal infringements in respect to equal pay, sex discrimination and blatant sexual harassment … Please login …
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Global: COVID-19 impact on women
2020 represented a step change from which a full recovery is unlikely for large sections of the working population … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Only six employers prosecuted for paying below minimum wage in six years
Only six minimum wage prosecutions in the past six years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Volkswagen to buy up majority stake in rental company Europcar
The decision of VW to take a majority share in “Europcar Mobility” indicates that it anticipates the future of car ownership to be through monthly plans and car sharing … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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