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Netherlands: COVID-19 Travel restrictions no longer apply to highly skilled migrants
Many categories of non-resident foreign nationals remain prohibited from entering the country due to COVID-19 measures … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Israel: Health Ministry shortens isolation period to 10 days for corona patients
The Ministry of Health has shortened required coronavirus recovery periods … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Luxembourg: Extension of agreements on taxing cross-border workers
Amicable tax and social security affiliation agreements with Germany and Belgium for cross-border workers have been extended through to 31st August … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Lithuania: Green light to large-scale investors
One country that is far ahead of the game in ensuring economic growth in the face of the pandemic is Lithuania … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Thailand: Labour Ministry resumes migrant permit services
The Labour Ministry has resumed the processing of labour migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos who had made applications before 30th March when operations were suspended … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Singapore: JSS extended by one month
The Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) has been extended by 1 month to cover August 2020 wages … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Public holidays changes
The timing of the changed public holidays to coincide with the postponement of the Olympics to 2021 has been announced … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Labour laws relaxing
A heated dispute continues between the Federal government and a growing number of states that are relaxing labour laws, and, in particular, removing job security and allowing the working day to run unchecked (and without overtime premia) well beyond 8 …
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China: Tax cuts in Hainan
With effect, retroactively, from 1st January 2020 until 31st December 2024, corporate income tax rates will be lowered from 25% to 15% for eligible Hainan-registered companies in certain sectors … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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APAC: Trans-Pacific Partnership
The rehashed Trans-Pacific Partnership, which entered into force at the end of 2018, has remained a mysteriously silent force without a visible independent administration or website … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Victoria battles to contain coronavirus
The resurgence of COVID-19 in Victoria remains a serious problem and we probably have not seen the end to measures being taken to curb the virus … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Law on hate crimes against LGBT people
A new draft anti-hatred law is shortly going to be debated by the Italian Parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Minister McEntee announces expansion of online Registration Renewal System to include all Dublin-based non-nationals
Employees who hold Irish Residence Permits (IRP) and are resident in Dublin, may now renew their IRPs online here rather than having to attend an in-person appointment … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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USA: Montana supreme court upholds $2.3 million judgment against former employees subject to restrictive covenant
The Montana Supreme Court has found that non-compete restrictions were applicable to former employees who had left an accountancy firm to work for their own firm and taken clients with them – even though state law is generally not favourable …
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Peru: Discontinuity gap
The courts cannot agree on what period of time must elapse between two fixed-term labour contracts before it may be assumed that there is discontinuity between them … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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