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United Kingdom: Trade deals after Brexit
It is a huge uphill task for UK negotiators to fill the gap left by existing EU trade deals with other countries and trading blocks when it leaves the EU on December 31st … Please login to view this content …
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Poland: Care allowance to be paid until 24th December 2020
The additional government care allowance made for those parents unable to call on the services of day care centres and nannies has been extended until 24th December 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Netherlands: 30% rule ends
The current scheme called the 30% ruling ends on 1st January 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: new eID card
The new eID card for EU citizens has now been issued, making it easier to undertake a number of transactions, especially online … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Short-term working
Eligible employers who would like to implement short-term working due to COVID-19, now have until 31st December 2020 to apply for up to three months support … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Work vs family life
Not only has work become increasingly casualised and part-time, but workers’ home lives have transformed too in recent years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: EU identity cards will not be enough to enter UK from October 2021
From 1st October 2021, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens will not be able to use their national ID card to enter the UK … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Ukraine: Visa-free regime with St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The governments of Ukraine and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a tiny southern Caribbean nation, have just signed a visa waiver agreement, which will allow mutual travel of citizens between these two countries for up to 90 days within any …
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USA: “Distracted driving” laws
Employers should ensure that all staff in charge of vehicles are alerted to a change in the “distracted driving” laws … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Effectiveness of sanitisation
Research carried out by Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA has found that samples repeatedly taken from shop door handles and bank machines were positive for COVID-19 just 8% of the time, but that the concentrations of the virus in all …
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United Kingdom: Avoidance of “double contributions”
With the EEA and Switzerland (apart from the Irish Republic) now appearing to be practically future “no go” areas for posting employees, what other countries around the World will there be that allow posting without the need to pay social …
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Global: Daylight saving time
Every year, many people around the globe adjust their clocks forward in Spring and back again in Autumn … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Posted worker rules
With the Brexit transition period coming to an end, what will happen to posted workers operating in EEA countries from 1st January 2021? Under the EU Withdrawal Agreement, employees already posted to the EEA or Switzerland should be covered by …
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Ukraine: Minimum wage is to rise to UAH 6,000 from January 1, 2021
According to the draft state budget for 2021, with effect from 1st January 2021, the gross minimum wage will be increased to UAH6,000 (US$211) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Building strike threat canceled
A strike threat has just been averted in the construction sector, thanks to a new 29-month agreement (until April 2023) with the trade union Byggnads … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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