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USA: Department of Labor proposes new rule on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors
The Department of Labor (DOL) has recently returned to that “old nut”: when is a job to be treated as employment and when is it a “contractor” role? DOL’s new approach has the advantage of being simpler and less dependent …
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United Kingdom: New powers will allow government to block buyers over security concerns
A new takeover law is being introduced to create an early warning system for prospective business or intellectual property transfers to overseas interests in 17 sensitive commercial sectors … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Switzerland: Validity of a post-contractual non-competition clause
A long-standing case concerning the validity of a post-contractual non-competition clause in respect to the employee of a coffee-roasting company still rumbles on … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Jersey (Channel Islands): EU nationals to require visa for Jersey from 2021
The government of Jersey has announced immigration policies in response to Brexit on its government website. One of these is that EU nationals who plan to work, study, or settle in Jersey will have to apply for an appropriate
Hungary: Call for more paternity days
Currently, working fathers of new-born children are allowed 5 days’ paternity leave … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Works council election at Daimler headquarters remains invalid
The Baden-Württemberg State Labour Court (LAG) has ruled the results of the Works Council elections at Daimler HQ back in 2018 as invalid … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: EU Commission proposes rules for adequate minimum wage
Although the EU exceeds its powers in seeking to address the issue of minimum wages in Europe (Art 153v[5] EU Treaty), this has not prevented it from issuing a draft Directive on an “adequate minimum wage” … Please login to …
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Croatia: Income tax cuts
The government is continuing its programme of tax reforms … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Bulgaria: Relaxation of border controls
Relaxation of border controls means that those from certain countries no longer have to go into automatic quarantine on arrival … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Special support plan for the stabilization and expansion of jobs
Employers in Shanghai are now entitled to a RMB300 (US$46) training subsidy for every new employee they recruit from four types of personnel, namely “individuals with employment difficulties, unemployed family members, college graduates within two years of graduation and other …
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USA: California voters approve independent contractor status for app-based rideshare and delivery drivers
Voters have approved a proposition allowing those undertaking App-based rideshare and delivery services to be classified as independent contractors … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: Courts grant 98% of employees’ claims in labour payment disputes
In a recent forum with Chinese counterparts, the Chair of the Russian Supreme Court stated that the Russian court system granted 98% of claims made by employees concerning disputed work-related payments … Please login to view this content or become …
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Irish Republic: Employee awarded €9,000 for constructive dismissal due to employer giving a bad reference
A recent case before the Adjudication Officer raised the question whether a negative written reference could be used as the basis for a claim of constructive dismissal under Section 1 of the Unfair Dismissal Act 1977 … Please login to …
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Germany: Health and safety of self-employed workers
The Federal government has before it a draft ordinance concerning the health and safety of self-employed workers on construction sites … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Court of Cassation decides that an employer can use a Facebook post to dismiss an employee
What happens when an employer discovers that one of their employees has breached commercial confidentiality through a social media posting? How does an employee’s rights to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights relate to a …
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