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Kuwait: Working restrictions
Under the new Ministerial decree 27/2021, men will be banned entirely from employment in places that provide goods or services exclusively to women – such as women’s hairdressers and salons, health clubs and clothes shops … Please login to view …
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Global: Proposed new COVID passports
Organisations such as the WHO have long offered certificates confirming that immunization has been achieved against diseases such as cholera and plague … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Passport and visa checks
A very useful set of tools relating to visa restrictions and passport acceptability, particularly during the global lockdown can be found here … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Employee working illegally on Sundays is not entitled to conventional or legal compensation
It is sometimes the case that individuals take poor legal advice and end up claiming for the wrong thing through litigation … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Singapore: Government to raise retirement and re-employment age in 2022
Employers in Singapore must offer to re-employ qualified employees who pass the retirement age of 63, up to age 68, with effect from 1st July 2022 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Indonesia: Firms allowed to buy vaccines for employees
A scheme allowing employers to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for administration to their employees has been heavily subscribed … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Minimum monthly wage in Shaanxi to be increased from May 2021
With effect from 1st May 2021, the minimum monthly wage in Shaanxi Province will increase to 1,950 yuan (US$299 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mauritius: Extension of visas and permission of stay until 31st May 2021
Foreigners whose visas and residence permits/occupational permits are due to expire during the period ending 31st March 2021 and who are unable to leave the country, will be granted an automatic extension until 31st May 2021, or the date when …
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New Zealand: Minimum wage rises by $1.10 on 1 April 2021
Employers are reminded that from 1st April 2021 the statutory minimum wage will rise from $18 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Spain: The National Court annuls the Bank of Spain the hiring of 92 administrative staff
An appeal to the Supreme Court is now likely following the ruling of a lower court in Madrid that the Bank of Spain had followed a biased selection process when seeking to fill 92 administrative positions … Please login to …
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Malta: Weekend public holidays will be added to leave
Employers are reminded that due to a change in the National Holidays and Other Public Holidays Act (Cap 252), employees now receive extra time off to compensate for public holidays that fall at a weekend … Please login to view …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): Employment claims
There are very few employment claims that reach the employment tribunal hearing stage – due principally to intervention by the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Gender equality index – new publication obligations
Employers are reminded that although this year’s deadline for pay gap reporting has already been reached, the publication of results in a “visible and legible” form still has a deadline for 1st May 2021 and the publication of results for …
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USA: DOJ antitrust division brings first criminal no-poach case
A recent criminal indictment by the Department of Justice involves Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) and two other health care companies that the DOJ accuses of entering into an anti-trust arrangement to suppress competition over hiring senior level employees … Please …
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Canada: Quebec’s immigration pilot program for workers in AI, IT, and VFX
As one of the three new immigration pilot programs, the Quebec immigration pilot program for AI, IT, and VFX workers will start accepting applications with effect from 22nd April 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a …
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