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New Zealand: More than 100,000 people have accessed free trades training
The Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF; also known as free trades training) makes a range of qualifications in targeted areas, plus all apprenticeships, free of charge until 31st December 2022 … Please login to view this content or become …
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Global: PPE update
The wearing of gloves is often mentioned in the same breath as masks when PPE is being considered … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Declaration form for international travel (COVID-19)
Those currently in the United Kingdom may only travel abroad (apart from the Irish Republic) if they have a justifiable reason to do so … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Workplace vaccination programme
A framework agreement has been reached in Lombardy between the employers’ group Confindustria and the national association of occupational physicians to allow a workplace vaccination programme … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: PepsiCo distance working
PepsiCo has just signed an agreement with its works council on distance working … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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New Zealand: New plan of action against forced labour, people trafficking and slavery launched
A government plan of action against human trafficking, forced labour and slavery has just been released … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Commuting road accidents
Although in Germany, the Pandemic and increase in home working has led to fall of 18 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: The use of the London Transport during the health crisis
The passage of the Pandemic and its impact on commuters has been indelibly placed on record by one set of statistics – the use of the London Transport … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Spain: Four-day working week
Political agreement has been reached within the national government to experiment with the introduction of the four-day, 32-hour working week … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Biden’s new GPC’s potential major impact on employment law
The President’s new Gender Policy Council (GPC) has been given the deadline of 24th September 2021 to come up with recommendations on how the US administration can develop a legislative policy to address equality – both domestically and around the …
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New Zealand: Easier applications for paid parental leave
Working parents may now apply for parental leave payments on line by using myIR … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Bayer’s flexible working policy
Staff working at Bayer’s Italian HQ in Milan will be able to take advantage of a new flexible working policy that will be operating until the end of this year … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Germany: Limits to codetermination
If an employer ignores a works council when undertaking a risk assessment, may the council block the commissioning of a new plant through an injunction under codetermination rules? According to a local labour court, the works council actually only serves …
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France: Union contributions
The Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) has found that the payment by an employer of all employee’s union contributions via a third party payment broker was not lawful on two principal grounds … Please login to view this content or …
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Singapore: Unfair hiring – 50 firms’ work pass privileges suspended each year
An average of 50 employers have had their work pass privileges suspended in each of the last three years due to discriminatory practices during recruitment … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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