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Nigeria: New tax remittance requirement for residence permit renewals
Employers in Nigeria should be aware that, in addition to other requirements, evidence of a timely tax remittance to Nigerian tax authorities is now a prerequisite for renewal of their foreign national employees’ residence and work permit by the Nigeria …
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Chile: Central bank head says recovery to take hold by year’s end
The nominal remuneration index stood at 123 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Ukraine: ArcelorMittal to increase salaries of its employees from May 2021
The Steel company ArcelorMittal has informed its 24,000 Ukrainian workforce it will be increasing wage rates by 5% with effect from 1st May 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: New rules for taxation of termination payments
New tax rules now apply to all employees whose positions are terminated and receive notice payments … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Powers of the Workplace Relations Commission
A question mark has been hanging over the powers of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) under the Irish Constitution ever since the matter was taken up by the Supreme Court … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Global: Fear about working from the office (WTO)
As companies emerge from the lockdown they will be asking an increasing number of employees to resume working from the office (WTO) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Korea: EU-South Korea free trade agreement
The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has a number of special elements concerning labour standards … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Consumer prices increase 2.6% for the 12 months ending March 2021
We continue to monitor consumer price rises in anticipation of hyperinflation warning signs – especially in the USA … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Peru: Basis for redundancy
The State labour inspection body Sunafil has ruled that a decline in GDP may not be a legitimate factor for deciding to hire workers on a temporary, rather than a permanent, basis … Please login to view this content or …
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Canada: CUPE 4070 members ratify new contract with WestJet
The country’s second largest airline, Westjet, has finally concluded a five-year deal with the cabin crew union CUP Local 4070, following ratification through a vote of crew members … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Germany: Number of new training contracts in 2020 fell by 9.4%
According to the preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), around 465,000 people concluded a new apprenticeship contract within the dual system (enterprise/vocational school) in 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Global: Vaccination incentives
Although companies may not generally force employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 they can induce compliance through financial incentives … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Brazil: Inflation rises to multi-year high in March 2021
First signs of possible hyperinflation arose in March 2021 when the extended national consumer price index rose by 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: No entry ban on workers in labour dispute
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has highlighted numerous recent cases where a dispute has arisen between an employer and a foreign worker and the employer has either refused to cancel their sponsorship, or contacted the Ministry to cancel …
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Germany: Parental allowance 2020: proportion of fathers up to just under 25%
Approximately 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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