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Japan: Minimum leave
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is eager to ensure that employees take at least the minimum 5 days’ annual leave under last year’s “Work Style Reform Law” … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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USA: Executive order on combating race and sex stereotyping
If a company is a federal contractor, it must now take note of the new Executive Order on “Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping”, which largely relates to diversity training carried out by companies … Please login to view this content …
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South Africa: Dismissal for misconduct
A supermarket employee who received gifts from a customer contrary to company policy without reporting the fact to their Supervisor only compounded their misconduct when they sought to return the gifts via the refund book … Please login to view …
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Germany: No company pension for employees over 55?
May a company pension scheme that restricts those joining it to be aged 55 and under always exclude older workers from joining it? The Federal Labour Court recently considered the situation of a Norwegian process engineer who had initially joined …
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United Kingdom: Government announces new job support scheme
When the current furlough-based job retention scheme comes to an end on 31st October 2020, it will be replaced by a short-time working scheme (JSS) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Cambodia: $2 hike in minimum wage for garment workers
With effect from 1st January 2021, the monthly gross minimum wage for the country’s garment and footwear industry will be increased by US$2 to US$192 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: JobKeeper Payment and income support extended
The JobKeeper Payment has been extended by six months until 28th March 2021 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Singapore: Employers taken to task for abusing jobs support scheme
Although the Job Support Scheme (JSS) for existing local employees has been extended up to the end of this year – and beyond to March 2021 in hard hit sectors – there have been numerous irregularities found in a large …
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Portugal: Hour bank system
Continente supermarket stores in Lisbon, Porto, and Coimbra are planning to reintroduce a former “hour bank system” because of recent rises in labour costs … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Poland: Contractual obligation alteration
If an employer wishes to change the pay, terms, and conditions of employees, they may do so either through mutual agreement or, more controversially, by giving notice under Article 42 of the Labour Code … Please login to view this …
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Netherlands: Further extension of emergency measure – NOW 3.0
The wage subsidy scheme (NOW 3 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Luxembourg: One-off bonus for apprenticeships
The Chamber of Deputies has been considering measures to encourage the resumption of apprenticeship training, after programmes were suspended during the lockdown … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Ban on dismissals
The Council of Ministers has come to an agreement concerning a ban on dismissals this Autumn … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Mandatory registration process introduced for employers of foreign nationals in British Columbia
Employers in British Columbia intending to hire foreign nationals through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, have until 15th December 2020 to register with the provincial government … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: California court upholds employer’s arbitration agreement despite allegedly unconscionable terms
The fact that an employer in California did not draw their employee’s attention to an arbitration clause in a handbook they signed, did not stop the employee being bound by the clause when it is triggered … Please login to …
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