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Iraq: Tax revenue
The national parliament has rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to impose on public employees the payment of income tax … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Hong Kong: Gradual increase to number of statutory holidays from 12 to 17 by 2030
The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2021 has now been published … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Estonia: Average monthly gross pay in 2020
According to Statistics Estonia, the average gross monthly pay in 2020 was €1,448 (US$1,734), which was 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Upcoming official public holiday (2021)
When extended public holidays occur in China, they are usually achieved by the foregoing of other days off at weekends … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Second jobs
The recent furore over a UK civil servant holding a second job with the now bankrupt Greensill Capital whilst still in government employment has raised an important issue for all employers … Please login to view this content or become …
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Spain: Pay registers
Royal Decree 902/2020 is now in force … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: 101,400 patients were in the hospital in 2019 because of insomnia
Insomnia can not only reduce employee performance, but also lead to serious ongoing health problems … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Liability waiver in a termination agreement
Recent case law has led some employers to assume that by including a general liability waiver in a termination agreement they will be excluding all automatic monetary compensation obligations under a non-compete clause, whether or not the non-compete is to …
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Georgia: Union wins substantial wage increase
A revised collective agreement for 2021-24 has been concluded in the glass manufacturing sector … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Former Tencent employee ordered to pay US$169,000 for breaching non-compete pact after joining TikTok owner ByteDance
A former employee of Tencent Holdings has been ordered by a Beijing court to pay a fine totalling 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: Is vaccination mandatory to work (COVID-19)?
Although there is some debate in government circles, no law yet exists allowing an employer to require any employee to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – except in limited fields such as education and health care … Please login to view …
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Romania: Demographic crisis
Over and above mortality due to the current pandemic, is a long-term demographic crisis that has seen the resident population decline from 23 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Agreement concluded between ENI and trade unions
An agreement just concluded between the leading oil company ENI and Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilca trade unions will allow a major restructuring exercise to go ahead … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Inflation rate at +1.7% in March 2021
Consumer prices in Germany have now risen for three months in succession and the annual rate in March 2021 was 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Estonia: Share of teleworkers in 2020
In 2020, 163,700 performed their main job through teleworking – 40,400 more than a year earlier … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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