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Costa Rica: Private sector minimum salary increase as of January 2021
The National Salary Council has approved a 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Colombia: Classification of trial periods
The Ministry of Labor has advised that the health emergency does not automatically give a licence to employers to dismiss workers, even when serving probationary periods … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Cayman Islands: Legislation to outlaw stalking
It has been 8 years since a law was first drafted to protect employees from sexual harassment … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Completing your accessibility compliance report
Private businesses and non-profits in Ontario with 20 or more employees are required to complete and file an AODA accessibility compliance report by 30th June 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Zimbabwe: Mineworkers get 22% wage increase
This country continues to have the highest price inflation rate in the World, with the cost of food alone rising by 472% over the year to October 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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UAE: 10-year golden residency visa for more professionals
With effect from 1st December 2020, the 10-year “golden” visa will be available to all PhD holders, physicians, and engineers in the fields of computer engineering, electronics, computer programming, electricity, and biotechnology … Please login to view this content or …
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South Africa: Dismissing employees who fail to accept a change to T&Cs of employment
It has long been an area of legal contention whether an employer may oblige employees to accept changed duties, terms or conditions, or be found to have unfairly dismissed the employees concerned if the employees refuses any changes and resigns …
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South Africa: Visa relief for foreigners with special skills
Foreign nationals who are currently resident in South Africa with legally issued Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) visas that expired during the lockdown, including the current period – and those that will expire by 30th June 2021 – may now apply for …
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Saudi Arabia: Reforms for private sector employees to ease work and travel rules
The newly launched Labour Reform Initiative (LRI) is upgrading and liberalising a number of laws concerning foreign workers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Oman: Low tax era ending
The days of low tax regimes in Middle Eastern states is probably over … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mauritius: New premium visa
An interesting variant of the “Nomad visa” concept is being adopted by Mauritius … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Liberalization of OSP regulations
On November 5, 2020, the Department of Telecom (“DoT”) released revised regulations relating to Other Service Providers (“OSP”) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kuwait: Government to cut state employees, increase private sector jobs
A new economic reform programme aims to reduce the number of public sector workers and increase those in the private sector … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Israel: Union warns strike over payments to quarantined workers
The largest trade union in Israel, Histadrut, is planning to introduce a nation-wide strike in support of wages for workers forced to go into quarantine because of the pandemic … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Ethiopia: Tigray conflict
Employers with staff in Africa’s second most populous nation should consider their urgent withdrawal, as the country now appears to be on the brink of a civil war … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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