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Germany: Return of face-to-face meetings
A temporary amendment to the Works Constitution Act allowing works councils to hold virtual meetings and pass resolutions on a remote basis has now expired … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Paternity leave increased from 11 to 25 calendar days
Paternity leave (and leave for de facto fathers) has now been increased … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: One third of migrants in the EU have a degree
In 2020, the share of native born people aged 25-54 across the EU with tertiary level education stood at 40 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Switzerland: Business trips within EEA/Switzerland
Companies wishing to send their employees to other EEA countries on short business trips have long assumed that they can do so without having to comply with lengthy and sometimes complex posting rules … Please login to view this content …
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Belgium: Carbon dioxide monitors
Some workplaces, and all restaurants and public amenities, have had to be fitted with carbon dioxide monitors … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Vietnam: CPI growth in 2021’s first half lowest since 2016
The annual rate of consumer price inflation (CPI) for the first half of 2021, compared with the equivalent period last year, was 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Government implements new apprenticeship program to reinforce talent training
China began to experiment with an apprenticeship system in 2015 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Unemployment rate falls despite job losses after JobKeeper ends
When the JobKeeper wage support scheme ended in March 2021, there were 980,000 people left in uncertainty whether their job would continue … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Egypt: NWC sets minimum wage at LE 2400 for private sector
With effect from 1st January 2022, private sector employers must pay workers a baseline wage/salary of no less than LE2,400 per month (US$153), plus a minimum monthly bonus of LE60 ($3 … Please login to view this content or become …
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Trinidad and Tobago: Can employers make it mandatory to take the vaccine?
Speaking at a recent seminar, the President of the Industrial Court, Deborah Thomas-Felix, underlined that employers did not have the right to unilaterally change employment contracts to require employees to be vaccinated … Please login to view this content or …
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Paraguay: Minimum salary increased (July 2021)
The national gross minimum monthly wage was frozen during the pandemic … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sri Lanka: All types of visas issued to foreigners extended until 8th August 2021
According to the Immigration and Emigration Department, the validity period of all types of visas currently obtained by foreigners residing in Sri Lanka has been extended by 30 days to 8th August 2021 … Please login to view this content …
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Singapore: $451,000 paid out under vaccine injury scheme: MOH
So far, 102 people have been paid a total of $451,000 (US$334,000) under Singapore’s vaccine injury fund … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Wage index (May 2021)
Latest results from the Monthly Labour Survey carried out by the DG for Statistics and Information Policy reveal highly depressed wage levels … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Malawi: Parliament passes amendments to Labour Relations Bill
The new Labour Relations Amendment Bill has just been passed by the national parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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