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Vietnam: Legitimate business expenses
A number of expenses for employees have been declared as legitimate business expenses under both income and corporation tax by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Taxation … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Costa Rica: Extension of the temporary measures for the provision of services provided by Immigration
The validity of the ID residency card held by permanent residents that have been due to expire this month has now been extended through to 30th September 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Azerbaijan: Recessionary impact of the health crisis
The recessionary impact of the health crisis is having a distorting effect on the occupational structures of many less well-developed economies … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: BA issues ‘redundancy or pay cut’ ultimatum to staff
Even before discussion with trade unions began, British Airways started its promised programme of “fire and rehire”, commencing with cabin crew … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Thuringia state removes gender parity rule for election candidates
Although the evolution of laws in the employment sphere across most EU member states is towards the improvement of equal opportunities through “positive action”, there are far-right political forces at work that oppose such an approach … Please login to …
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Bulgaria: Cabinet approves 40M leva for tourism sector wage support
Companies from tourism, hospitality, and transportation sectors that have recorded at least a 20% decline in revenue for “a certain period” due to the current health crisis will receive a monthly subsidy of 290 leva (US$171) for each job preserved, …
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Hong Kong: Changes to anti-discrimination legislation
The Discrimination Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2020 came into force in June 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Temperature checks
Although the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has given the all clear for employers to carry out temperature checks on employees entering the workplace, they have warned that any antibody test would infringe the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) … …
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Singapore: Minimum legal age for tobacco raised to 20 years old from 1 January 2020
One of the major problems for employers operating workplace smoking policies has been the persistence of smoking amongst younger workers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Spain: Minimum living income aims to reduce extreme poverty by 80%
All eligible persons aged between 23 and 65 – or from 18 to 65 if there are dependent minors – who have been legally resident in Spain for at least one uninterrupted year, may now apply for a minimum “living …
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Netherlands: Meal delivery workers can not be younger than 16 years old
The minimum age for delivery staff has now been increased to age 16 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Quotas extended
Listed companies and state subsidiary enterprises now remain under an obligation to apply gender quotas for board members and auditors … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Court of Justice: ECJ ruling in AFMB and Others-an employer is not always “the employer”
Although the EU requires social security to be deducted by a company with whom there is an employment contract and in the country where they have their registered office, the situation is not always clear as to who the employer …
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India: Labour laws reform
The health emergency has severely interrupted the national government’s programme to reform labour laws … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Split leave
Employees that qualify for paid parental leave (PLP) may now split their leave periods in two and take them within a period of 24 months … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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