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USA: Amazon interfered in union vote, says US labour official
A hearing conducted by the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended that a union election earlier this year involving Amazon employees in Alabama be set aside and a second election called … Please login to view this content or …
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Global: Least vaccinated populations
The countries with the least doses of vaccine administered per 100 people are almost all concentrated in Africa … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kenya: It’s unconstitutional to fire staff on probation at will, court rules
The Labour Court has declared that an employer’s right to dismiss employees “at will” during a probationary period is unconstitutional … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Israel: Tel Aviv labor court rules unvaccinated worker must take 2 weekly COVID tests
It has been ruled by the Tel Aviv Regional court that employers have a legal right to require employees to be vaccinated, or have current negative COVID-19 test results in order to visit their workplace … Please login to view …
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Puerto Rico: Law signed protecting medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination
A new law has been enacted protecting medical cannabis patients from discrimination … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Court rules Ontario severance pay based on global payroll
Many more departing employees will now qualify for statutory severance pay, thanks to an Ontario Court ruling … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: NSW government to consider ‘no jab, no work’ policy as incentive to ease COVID-19 lockdown for businesses
New South Wales (NSW) is moving towards a new “no jab, no work” policy that allows employees to return to work once they are fully protected … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Benefits in kind (2018/19)
The total value of declared taxable benefits in kind was £10 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Joint labor-management workplace safety committee
All private sector employers in New York State must now have in place an airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Law firm pay levels
The average salary levels of professional lawyers range from US$146,000 in the USA to just US$15,736 in the Philippines … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Brazil: PMIs show fastest service sector growth since 2013
There was a huge surge of growth in the service sector during June 2021 – the highest since January 2013 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: High compensation for missing daycare space
Where a working mother registered her need for childcare with her local authority immediately after her child’s birth, she had a right to damages if no place was available when she needed it … Please login to view this content …
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USA: Where big companies stand on delta variant and return to office plans
The new upsurge in pandemic cases due to the Delta variant is making a number of companies put back their schedules for returning to office-based work … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sri Lanka: Only 12,000 people left unemployed by the pandemic – Labour Minister
Although officially the pandemic only deprived 12,000 workers of jobs, the true figure is likely to exceed a million … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Singapore: More support for retrenched parents and those of stillborn or adopted children
If a company offers paid parental leave to those who do not statutorily qualify to receive it, then the government will now reimburse them … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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