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New Zealand: Minimum sick leave entitlement to increase to 10 days
A Government Bill increasing employees’ minimum sick leave entitlement from five days to ten days per year has passed its third reading before the House of Representatives … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Malaysia: Minimum wage being reviewed
The last minimum wage order took effect in February 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Suga aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has confirmed at a meeting of the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy that his government is planning to increase the minimum wage to 1,000 yen (US$9) an hour early next year … Please login to …
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Hong Kong: Government to toughen up privacy law against doxxing
Companies that operate online trading platforms should beware of “doxxing” practices that could soon lead to their own, and their employees’, potential criminal lability … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: USCIS suspends biometrics collection for some H-4, L-2 and E derivative applicants
The Citizenship and Immigration Service has temporarily suspended the in-person biometrics requirement for H-4 (dependent family members), L-2 (intracompany visa holder dependants), and E derivative (traders and investors) non-immigrants seeking extensions of stay and changes of status in the United …
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Germany: Tight entry restrictions (Covid-19)
There are currently tight entry restrictions on non-nationals/residents entering the country … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Form I-9 requirement flexibility extended until August 2021
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) organisation has further extended, until 31st August 2021, its temporary flexibility rules relating to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) compliance … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Second wave rendered ten million Indians jobless
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) chief executive Mahesh Vyas has claimed that the second wave of the pandemic has led to the loss of ten million jobs across India … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Cambodia: Pensions schemes
Since early May 2021, all employers have been required to register with the National Social Security Fund in order to comply with the requirements of the 2019 Social Security Law … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Global: Weakest link
Employers, as well as individuals, should be now far more suspicious of seemingly innocent requests that turn into major online “scams” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Malaysia: Immediate closure of premises if employers do not allow staff to quarantine
According to the Health Minister, Datuk Dr Adham Baba, employers who prevent workers from undergoing self-quarantine whilst waiting for their COVID-19 test results or require employees to work after receiving COVID-19 negative results may be penalised … Please login to …
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Australia: Annual wage review 2020/21
The Fair Work Commission has just published a comprehensive and extremely useful statistical annex to its Annual Wage Review 2020/21 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Sen. Moran reintroduces Federal Consumer Data Privacy Bill
There remains no broadly based data protection legislation at a Federal level in the USA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act still leaves the FTC with limited powers to protect consumers … Please login to view this content or …
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Panama: Short-term remote work visa introduced
Under Executive Decree 198, foreign Nomad workers working remotely from their employers or clients in other countries around the World may now apply for a temporary visa to live and work in Panama … Please login to view this content …
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Mexico: Registry of individuals or legal entities that render specialised services or execute specialised works
The much awaited guidance under the legislation banning subcontracting and heavily limiting the facility for employers to “contract out” or “outsource” personnel has finally been published in the Official Gazette (DOF) … Please login to view this content or become …
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