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Australia: Workplace manslaughter: Victoria’s new workplace crime

It is now a serious offence in the State of Victoria for a company to commit workplace manslaughter … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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USA: Minimum wage violations

The US Department of Labor’s investigation of a Southern Californian claims management company has led to payments averaging around $1,000 each for employees under the FLSA minimum wage obligations … Please login to view this content or become a member …

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Honduras: Biosecurity & homeworking

New names for the health crisis are gradually emerging and already in common use in this Central American state is “biosecurity” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Chile: Protected Parenting Law

The new Protected Parenting Law has just been enacted … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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South Africa: Minister Aaron Motsoaledi extends the expiry date of lawfully issued Visas

Lawfully issued visas that expired since 15th February 2020 and during the following lockdown period are now automatically extended and deemed to be valid until 31st October 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …

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Cayman Islands: Gap in maternity leave flagged

A Private Members’ Bill has been submitted to the legislative Assembly that seeks to align maternity leave provisions between the public and private sectors … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Canada: Government of Canada launches updated Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Calculator to support employers

The next period of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program will open for applications on 17th August 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Brazil: Maternity pay

One significant difference between countries is how they treat maternity pay in respect to social security deductions … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Bermuda: Redundancy law changed for laid-off employees

In order to cater for the health crisis, the Employment Amendment Act 2020 has been introduced to discount the period from 1st April to 30th June from the normal layoff limits … Please login to view this content or become …

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Argentina: Senate passes law regulating teleworking conditions

A law regulating the conditions applicable to teleworkers has now been passed by the Senate … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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UAE: People with expired UAE visit visas have grace period extended by a month

Visitors who came to UAE legally with entry permits that expired after 1st March 2020 may now stay until 11th September 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Cyprus: Coronavirus: revised list of countries for travel to Cyprus

The categorisation of countries according to their epidemiological situation has been updated regularly by the Ministry of Health … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Global: Why coronavirus figures seem to differ so much

What is worrying for employers trying to predict the seriousness of the ongoing health emergency around the world is that there is such huge variation between countries in terms of infection and mortality rates … Please login to view this …

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South Africa: Tax deduction for home office expenses

Certain individual taxpayers may now deduct their home office expenses from their taxable income, as long as the requirements of the Income Tax Act No … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Ghana: 48% of job terminations are unfair – Labour Commission

The Deputy Commissioner of the National Labour Commission, Rose Karikari Annan, has revealed that 48% of contested job terminations are found to be legally “unfair” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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