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USA: Walmart gives 740,000 associates a free Samsung smartphone
The major retail group Walmart will give nearly half its US employees (740,000) free Samsung phones by the end of the year so they can use an app the company has developed – Me@Walmart – to manage shifts, clock in …
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Hong Kong: Overall wage and payroll statistics (March 2021)
According to figures released by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD), around 50% of companies reported an increase in average wage rates during March 2021, compared with a year ago … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Mexico: Payroll tax returns (Sinaloa)
The State of Sinaloa has just published a new online form for employers to complete when they submit data to the tax authority in respect to payroll transactions … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Global: Sanofi launches its new global employee share ownership
The French Pharmaceutical Group Sanofi has launched a new global employee share ownership scheme … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Latvia: Average gross monthly pay (Q1 2021)
Average gross monthly private-sector pay rose over the year to Q1 2021 by 9 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Government announces further extension of commercial rates waiver for Q3 2021
Businesses currently eligible for the commercial rates waiver will continue to be eligible for an additional 3 months, as the Government has further extended the waiver to Q3 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Greece: Controversial new labour laws set to shake up working life
Greek labour laws have long reflected a era during which trade unions have had a stranglehold on the government … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Christian DHV trade union not eligible for collective bargaining – BAG judgment
The Federal Labour Court (BAG) has ruled that the Christian Trade Union DHV is not legally entitled to negotiate collective agreements … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Susbidised payment during COVID pandemic
An upper limit to the total subsidised compensation level for hours not worked during a period of partial activity due to the health crisis was initially intend to be introduced on 1st January 2021 … Please login to view this …
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Belgium: Lockdown relaxed
The obligation for all employees to work on a remote basis unless their workplace presence is essential has now been removed … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: Earnings statistics in April 2021
Over the year to April 2021, the average regular gross monthly earnings of full-time employees across Taiwan as a whole (excluding foreigners and part-time employees) increased by 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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New Zealand: Progress towards simpler process for changing sex on birth certificates
People have been able to change the sex on their birth certificate since 1995, but the process is confusing, can be intimidating and is often time-consuming … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Delhi government increases minimum wage backdated to 1st April 2021
Gross minimum monthly wage and salary rates have been increased in Delhi and backdated to 1st April 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: California drops workplace mask rule for vaccinated workers
California‘s Governor Newsom has issued an executive order allowing employees to return to offices mask-free, provided they have been fully vaccinated … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Right to work checks for EEA and Swiss workers from July 2021
Please note that from 1st July 2021, new rules concerning right to work checks apply … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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