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Global: Cryptopayrolls
With the growing prospect of inflation and holdings of alternative forms of value by corporations many employers will be tempted to follow Twitter, and Domino Pizza in the Netherlands, by offering employees the opportunity to be paid in cryptocurrency … …
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Global: Data breaches
During April 2021, there were hundreds of data breaches Worldwide with those reported in the public domain accounting to over one billion individually breached records … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: The age pay gap
The mean earnings gap between those aged 15-24 who are in the labour market and those aged 25-54 has moved in various directions across the globe during the last twenty years … Please login to view this content or become …
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United Kingdom: Adjusted right to work check measures extended to 20 June 2021
From 21st June 2021, employers must carry out full right to work checks by examining the applicant’s original documents or using the Home Office’s online tool … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Smart manufacturing shortfall
The report on Gartner’s latest Smart Manufacturing Strategy and Implementation Trends Survey has just been published … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Women represent about half of workers in science and technology (2020)
In 2020, the highest share of posts in science and technology held by women were recorded in Lithuania (63 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Denmark: Collective agreement for financial sector concluded
A new sector-wide collective agreement has been concluded between several leading financial sector employers and the finance trades union Finansforbundet … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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New Zealand: Government to deliver lower card fees to business
The Government is planning to reduce merchant service fees that banks charge businesses when customers use a credit or debit card to pay … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific offers Hong Kong based pilots, cabin crew & airport staff voluntary redundancy
The flag carrying airline of Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, has just established a voluntary redundancy scheme for staff in front-line roles … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Ontario giving employees three paid sick days, reimbursing employers
According to the Bill 284, “COVID-19 Putting Workers First Act, 2021″, employers in Ontario must provide employees with up to three days of paid leave if they miss work for reasons related to COVID-19 … Please login to view this …
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Argentina: New regulations for reporting COVID-19 as an occupational disease
A new regulation (Resolution 10/21) has come into force which will determine how an employee may take action on the basis that COVID-19 is an occupational disease … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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United Kingdom: Prices in pipeline
The annual rate of consumer (CPIH) price inflation stood at 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Wage cartels
Foreign employers are often surprised by the fact that collective agreements which are negotiated by a handful of employers and perhaps one or two trade unions in individual economic sectors and/or areas are applicable to all employers in that sector …
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USA: Americans continue giving up citizenship at record levels
Last year, a record number of US Citizens living abroad (over 8,000) decided to renounce their US citizenship … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Register an expression of interest with the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has opened an Expression of Interest System (EOI) for applications under the Foreign Worker and International Student streams … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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