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Czech Republic: Tax-free meal allowance
The 2021 budget introduces the facility for an employer to replace existing meal vouchers with a simple tax-free meal allowance, so there will be no possibility of a voucher going out of date and no need for an employee to …
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Croatia: New foreign nationals act
With effect from 1st January 2021, the government will no longer set employment quotas for foreign nationals under the new Foreign Nationals Act … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Bulgaria: Minimum wage to be raised to BGN 650 as of January 2021
With effect from 1st January 2020, the minimum gross monthly wage will be increased by 6 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: CECC temporarily freezes 8 firms sending workers
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has temporarily suspended acceptance of migrant workers coming to Taiwan under work programmes arranged by eight Indonesian employment agencies … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Korea: Korean Air to spend $1.6 billion to become Asiana Airlines’ top shareholder
The acquisition of Asiana by its rival airline Korean Air had its origins in Asiana’s insolvency – long before the pandemic struck … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: California provides additional guidance on employee pay data reporting
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has released 16 new FAQs regarding employers’ requirements to file employee compensation data with the State beginning in March of next year … Please login to view this content or become a …
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UAE: Freelancer’s licence now available to foreign nationals in mainland Abu Dhabi
Foreign nationals are now permitted to apply for “freelancer” licences and conduct around 48 types of business activities in Abu Dhabi, including consulting activities in areas of computer hardware and software, IT applications, the law, public relations, standardization and quality …
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Brazil: Formal job creation surged to a record high in October 2020
The most surprising trend in Latin America has been Brazil’s apparent economic recovery during the third quarter of the year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Dismissal due to extreme racist behaviour
The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that if an employer dismisses an employee for extreme racist behaviour, no freedom-of-expression right will apply to render that dismissal as unfair … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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European Union: A1 form
Many employers are still not aware that employees moving between EEA/Swiss States, even for short business trips, are strictly obliged to carry with them an A1 form at all times … Please login to view this content or become a …
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European Court of Justice: A national collective agreement may reserve to mothers alone an additional maternity leave
The Court has determined that the giving of extra leave to new mothers may be regarded as necessary for them to recover from pregnancy and childbirth … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Pakistan: Sindh labour department signs MoU for home-based workers’ registration
A memorandum of understanding has recently been signed between the Home Based Women Workers Federation and the Labour and Human Resource Department of the Sindh government … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Support for gay marriage is soaring
Employers may wonder how to treat the issue of next of kin and company pension beneficiaries in Japan, where there is no recognition of “same-sex marriage” (the only G7 country to deny it) … Please login to view this content …
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India: Gujarat government provides relaxation in labour laws for employers
The Gujarat government has relaxed a number of State laws in an attempt to ease the pressure on local employers struggling with the health crisis … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Cal/OSHA adopts emergency COVID-19 workplace standards
Employers operating in California must urgently review their Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Plans ahead of new standards/regulations now being introduced … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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