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Denmark: Cross-border income taxation

One of the consequences of working from home for those living in one of these Nordic countries and normally working in the other will be the possibility of split income taxation … Please login to view this content or become …

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Croatia: Territorial conflicts

There are 169 territorial conflicts across the World … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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South Korea: Second wave of infections

A second wave of COVID-19 is now affecting the Seoul region … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Philippines: Expanded maternity law

The Expanded Maternity Law has now come into force … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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New Zealand: Tinkering human rights

There is no fully effective human rights law in operation across the country … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Nepal: Parliamentary panel proposes giving citizenship to foreign woman married to Nepali man

A parliamentary proposal has been made to change the Citizenship Act in order to allow foreign women married to a Nepalese man to obtain naturalised citizenship … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Singapore: New licence conditions for employment agencies to ensure fair hiring and attract Singaporeans for job vacancies

With effect from 1st October 2020, employment agencies will have to meet new licence conditions to ensure nondiscriminatory hiring practices … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Indonesia: New data protection rules move toward passage

The House of Representatives is still inching towards a new data protection law (PDP) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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New Zealand: COVID-19 small business cashflow (loan) scheme (SBCS)

SMEs which have been adversely affected by the current health crisis, have until 24th July 2020 to apply for a one-off loan with a term of 5 years … Please login to view this content or become a member by …

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USA: Court says one ageist comment isn’t enough to establish discrimination

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has recently ruled that an employee was not dismissed due to his age, even though his immediate Supervisor had asked if he was too old to do his job … Please login to view …

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Canada: BlackBerry faces class action suit over more than 300 employees’ severance

The company BlackBerry Ltd has been the target of a class action from some 300 former employees over severance entitlements … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Hong Kong: Tax bill passage welcomed

Under the concessionary measure released by the government, all forms of income and profits tax for the year 2019–20 will be reduced by 100%, subject to a ceiling of $20,000 (US$2,580) per case … Please login to view this content …

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Malaysia: Three-month extension for wage subsidy programme

The Wage Subsidy Programme has now been extended to six months and will now continue until 30th September 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Japan: Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act

Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act have just been introduced … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Australia: Coronavirus and workplace laws

The Fair Work Ombudsman continues to extend and enhance guidance on workplace laws in respect to the coronavirus emergency … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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