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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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UAE: Central Bank unveils portal to anonymously report misconduct
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has launched a new whistleblowing portal – an encrypted channel – which allows anyone to anonymously raise concerns related to misconduct or policy violations by CBUAE employees, contractors, and representatives … Please login …
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Russian Federation: Government documents show Russia considering using convicts to build railway
To cope with the sometimes severe shortage of labour, particularly in construction, and also rising wage costs, the government is currently considering the deployment of 190,000 of Russia’s 483,000 prisoners to form huge enforced labour camps … Please login to …
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Germany: Daimler annual report 2020
Daimler’s newly published 2020 report includes a comprehensive account of its labour relations during the midst of the health crisis … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Austria and Hungary reject Brussels’ plot for EU-wide wage
A number of governments and trade unions have reacted strongly to a proposal to introduce a common minimum wage across the European Union … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Vaccine status is a protected characteristic in Montana
Employers in Montana must now take note of House Bill 702 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Saudi Arabia: Government extends visas for residents stuck abroad to 31st July 2021
The Ministry of foreign Affairs is automatically extending until 31st July 2021 visas that have expired due to travel bans … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Food prices
Concerns about levels of price inflation are gradually centring on food prices … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Uber signs driver bargaining agreement with major UK union
The ride-hailing giant, Uber, has just signed a recognition accord with one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, the GMB, giving the union the right to represent UK drivers in discussions over earnings, pensions, benefits and their health and wellbeing …
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