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Latvia: Females on average earn 22 % less than males (2020)
According to the provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), over the period 2019-2020, the average gross hourly earnings gap between female and male workers rose by 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Australia: Data protection
Both the 1988 Australian Privacy Act and 2009 Fair Work Act contained safeguards to prevent the misuse of personal data and discrimination against candidates on the basis of background data requests … Please login to view this content or become …
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United Kingdom: Sodexo UK and Ireland reveals 5% ethnicity pay gap
The first ever published ethnicity pay gap report by the catering group Sodexo has revealed that in 2020 “Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnic (BAME)” employees in the UK and Ireland earned, on average, 5% less than ethnically white employees … …
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Irish Republic: Tánaiste announces details of statutory sick pay scheme
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, has announced further details of the government’s statutory sick pay scheme … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Solutions to counteract the harmful effects of commuting
A research team from Otto Beisheim School of Management has found that negative experiences of employees during their daily commute can seriously affect their work effectiveness … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Japan Inc to fall far short of goal for more female managers – Reuters poll
A recent survey of Japanese companies carried out on behalf of the Reuters news agency, found that by far the majority of companies had less than 10% of their managerial positions filled by women … Please login to view this …
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United Kingdom: John Lewis Partnership offers 6 months equal paid parental leave in UK first
The retailing Group John Lewis will be introducing this Autumn a new right to six months paid parental leave for all employees on the birth of their child … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Afghanistan: Afghan government could collapse six months after US withdrawal, new intelligence assessment says
What will be the next country to open up its markets to companies from the developed world? Could it be Afghanistan with its 38M people? Maybe so, but multinational companies must always make their own independent strategic assessments about prospective …
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Canada: B.C.’s minimum wage increases to $15.20 per hour
British Columbia‘s minimum wage has just been increased from $14 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Cyprus: Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly
Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly, reaching 429 cases on 30th June 2021, from a seven-day average of just 52 recorded on 12th June 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Safety standards
There is a long way to go before third world safety standards are at an acceptable level … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Shanghai increased minimum wage to 2,590 yuan
The gross minimum monthly wage in Shanghai has just been increased from 2,480 yuan (US$384) to 2,590 yuan (US$401) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Supreme court narrows Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
To date, employers have been able to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to discipline employees who misused their access to company IT systems to access data for illegitimate purposes … Please login to view this content or …
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Norway: Sickness absence (Q1 2021)
During Q1 2021, average sickness absence (adjusted for seasonal and influenza variations) for employees aged 16–69, who were either self-certified or certified by a doctor, stood at 5 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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United Kingdom: Dismissal for refusal to return to work (COVID-19)
We do not normally report court of first instance (Employment Tribunal) cases because they do not constitute legal precedents and can so readily be reversed on Appeal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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