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USA: Colorado’s COMPS Order #36
The Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS) #36 is now fully effective and covers almost all private sector employers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Panama: 50 Balboa bonus
A 50 Balboa (US$50) bonus is being paid to workers with suspended contracts in the Provinces where quarantine has been imposed – Panama, Panama Oeste, and Chiriquí … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Mexico: Agency reports a 6.8% reduction in working poverty in June
The National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) has estimated that in June 2020, the proportion of the working population in Mexico who are paid below the minimum level of a food basket sufficient to feed them …
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Ecuador: Dismissal of a pregnant worker
Although it has recently been reported by at least one prominent law firm that dismissal of a pregnant worker in Ecuador is possible under certain conditions and the supervision of a labour judge, this is formally not the case – …
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Costa Rica: Payment of wages during strikes
It is a curious fact that Costa Rica is the only country in the world where pay may not be automatically suspended when an employee goes on strike … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Kuwait: No work permits for those over 60
With effect from 1st January 2021, work permits will no longer be issued for those aged 60 years and older unless they possess a University degree … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Chile: Flexitime
Order Number 2086 of 6th July 2020 has led to much confusion amongst employers concerning what scope it leaves for flexitime … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: USMCA and forced labour
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that has just come into force places an obligation on each party to prohibit the importation of goods that are manufactured by the use of forced, compulsory or child labour … Please login to view …
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Bermuda: Travel Authorisation (Visitor)
All travelers must complete the Travel Authorisation registration process online within 48 hours before their travel … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belize: Draft Labour Amendment Act
The draft Labour Amendment Act currently before the Senate would allow employers to reduce employee’s salaries as a consequence of emergencies (such as the current pandemic) and also introduce unpaid leave of absence … Please login to view this content …
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Barbados: Immigration and customs form
All visitors to Barbados must complete an online Immigration and Customs Form 72 hours prior to the arrival in the Island … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Middle East: Latent turmoil
Companies operating in the Middle East may wish to keep their thumb over the withdraw button … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Occupational health and safety liabilities are postponed
Articles 6 and 7 of the Occupational Health and Safety Law were due to come into force on 1st July 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: If, when and by how much?
The billion-dollar question facing all multinationals is how far should they “cut labour to deal with the next 2 to 3 years?” What cannot be relied upon are GDP forecasts, because they are too generalised and say nothing about demand …
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Global: Technology and inequality
Back in 2018, McKinsey reported extensive research indicating that a huge driver towards overall income inequality during the last two decades had been automation … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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