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Sweden: What’s happened since Amazon’s launch in Sweden?
The prospects for Amazon in the online retail market continue to look stark, with little growth in its 1% market share during the lockdown … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: The term “fagot” is punishable as a formal insult
What happens if a customer returns an item they purchased and your member of staff responds with insulting messages? Normally, such matters would not reach open court, but in Germany, they sometimes do … Please login to view this content …
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USA: FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
The Federal Food and Drug Administration is seemingly poised to place a ban on the sale of menthol and other flavoured cigarettes and cigars over the coming year … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Kenya: Maritime Single Window system goes live
Kenya is now amongst the 120 governments (member states) that have ratified the International Maritime Organization Convention on Facilitation of Maritime Traffic, known as the FAL Convention … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Germany: Role of the remuneration committee
Although company remuneration committees primarily focus on packages received by the management board members, they also have an important role in setting the often somewhat lower sums payable to Supervisor Board (SB) members … Please login to view this content …
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European Union: Hourly earnings vary widely across occupations
According to the latest available figures (for 2018), the largest broad occupational gross hourly earnings difference in the European Union was to be found in Cyprus, where managers (€31 … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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India: Court orders Air India to rehire 61 dismissed pilots
The High Court in Delhi has ordered Air India to rehire 61 pilots that were dismissed because of the health crisis … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: UAW rejects tentative agreement with Volvo trucks north America
In spite of heavy investment in their New River Valley truck assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia and the creation of 1,000 jobs since 2016, Volvo has been having repeated problems with the Auto Workers Union (UAW) … Please login to …
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China: High temperature allowance increased in Guangdong
Guangdong employees subject to outdoors working conditions at or above 35℃ and indoor conditions at or above 33℃, must be paid a high temperature allowance during the months from June to October … Please login to view this content or …
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Global: Automation changing direction
What would the world be like without past improvements brought about by technology and new production methods? We are all apt to envisage such improvements as things for the future, but what we forget is that huge inroads have already …
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United Kingdom: Government launches new watchdog to protect workers’ rights
The government has announced the proposed merger of three enforcement agencies into one unified body – the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and HMRC’s National Minimum Wage Enforcement Unit … Please login to view this …
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Switzerland: Employment protection
If a permanent employment contract is established with an initial minimum term then the incumbent is still subject to protection until the end of that term … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Spain: Gig-economy riders in Spain must become staff within 90 days under new rule
30,000 couriers and food delivery drivers across Spain must soon stop working on a freelance basis with effect from mid-August 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: By 2030, jobs at Opel will be reduced by 50% compared to 2017
The successive mergers of Opel-Vauxhall, first with PSA Group and then, in January, with FIAT-Chrysler to form the Stellantis corporation has had a huge impact on headcount in the automotive sector … Please login to view this content or become …
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USA: Ban on hairstyle discrimination in New Mexico, North Carolina and Nebraska
A ban on hairstyle discrimination is being introduced in the next few months within three States … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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