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Spain: Coronavirus force majeure support scheme
Although the coronavirus force majeure support scheme (ERTE) was due to end on 30th September 2020, it has now been generally agreed by the government and both sides of industry to extend it until 31st January 2021 … Please login …
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Slovak Republic: Government to increase minimum wage in 2021
The government has proposed to increase the monthly minimum wage next year from €580 (US$681) to €623 (US$732) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: California Poised to enact law requiring compensation data collection
California‘s Senate Bill 973 requires that employers with 100+ employees issue an annual report to the State’s Fair Housing and Employment Department (DFEH) breaking down pay by gender, ethnicity and race under ten specified job categories … Please login to …
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Global: Mandatory vaccination
Not only are we nearing the point when employers must have in place effective policies for vaccination against COVID-19 – when it becomes available – but, more immediately, whether they should introduce obligatory vaccination against influenza now that the annual …
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United Kingdom: Private pension age rise to 57
The government has recently confirmed that the minimum private pension age will increase from 55 to 57 in 2028 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Ukraine: Short-stay visas with Grenada abolished
Citizens of Ukraine and Grenada who possess valid passports may now enter and stay, without visas, in the territory of the other party for a period not exceeding 90 days within any 180 day period … Please login to view …
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Germany: Is Twitter a permissible platform for WCs to communicate with employees?
Is Twitter a permissible platform for Works Councils (WCs) to communicate with employees? In a 2017 case, the lower court in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, originally thought not (No … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: Employers likely to receive one-year reprieve from full california consumer privacy act
California‘s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was enacted with an HR exemption that was due to end on 1st January 2021, although it still required employers to follow notice-on-collection obligations to employees … Please login to view this content or become …
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Global: Health declaration form
Travelers must remember to fill out a health declaration form prior to departure for a growing number of destinations … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: When is an agent owed a duty of good faith by the principal?
Many organisations use the services of external bodies and individuals to perform activities such as secure contracts in new markets, undertake transactions on their behalf, or simply to act as a locally responsible point of contact to accept legal documents …
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Hong Kong: Local contract
When a foreign employee is hired to work in Hong Kong, considerable attention needs to be given to the prevailing law under which their contract is written … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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USA: California enacts new COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law
Although the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act does not apply to employers with 500 or more employees, California‘s Bill AB 1867 now requires large employers to provide 80 hours of COVID-19 supplementary paid sick leave … Please login to …
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Canada: Ontario increasing its health and safety inspectors
The number of frontline health and safety inspectors is set soon to rise in Ontario by 98 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Philippines: BI eases requirements for departing aliens to prevent crowding in immigration offices
Effective until 31st December 2020, foreigners with visas approved by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) are allowed to leave the country before they have been issued with their alien certificate of registration identity card (ACR I-Card) … Please login to …
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Spain: Hourly labour cost during the pandemic
The reduction of the working day over the course of the pandemic has had the curious effect of increasing the cost per hour worked in Spain by 8 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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