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United Kingdom: Agreement to protect thousands of offshore workers during coronavirus pandemic
A new agreement has been concluded between the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) and the trade union Unite concerning offshore rig, supply, and associated onshore support workers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Iceland: Guidance document for frontline service staff
The government has issued (in English) a simple, but very useful, set of guidelines for employers, including special directions for frontline service employees … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Employee rights
Although all employees coming under the definition of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 500-employee threshold may now receive paid sick leave, expanded family and medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) entitlement to extended family …
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Canada: New laws to deal with the health emergency
A number of Provinces have introduced new laws to deal with the health emergency … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Crowdworkers are not employees under German Employment Law
According to the Munich High Court (LAG München 04/12/2019 – 146/19), those completing “crowdwork” by accepting short-term jobs through an online platform or app must be regarded as self-employed and not employees of the agency providing the work … Please …
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Denmark: New Danish holiday act
From September 2020, those recruited to work in Denmark will be able to take annual leave month-by-month during their first year of employment – as they earn it … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Mexico: Payroll taxes submission periods extended
The Federal state of Michoacán has announced extended periods to submit payroll taxes, with subsidies removing payroll tax altogether for restaurants, hotels, spas, and travel agencies over a 3-month period … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Costa Rica: Employee withdrawals
Employees made redundant, temporarily suspended or subject to a pay cut because of the global pandemic are now entitled to withdraw funds paid into any defined contribution pension fund … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Argentina: Certification for carrying out essential activities
The government has introduced a system of certification for enabling those who carry out essential activities to travel on public roads during the health emergency … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Incentive of retaining employment
A number of employers are considering the option of demoting employees rather than introducing “retrenchment” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Working from home due to coronavirus? Irish employees could be due tax relief
When an employee works regularly at home (rather than sometimes taking work home) their employer may pay them a small tax-free sum to cover electricity and associate costs … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Hungary: Orbán government seizes on coronavirus pandemic to establish dictatorship
A new law has been voted through by the Hungarian Parliament which deprives itself of any future powers – on an indefinite basis – and allows the Prime Minister, Viktor Mihály Orbán, to rule dictatorially by decree, with sweeping powers …
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Cuba: 400% increase in home workers
The Cuban Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Feitó, has revealed a 400% increase in home workers during March and has confirmed that such workers will remain entitled to 100% of their normal remuneration and also retain their stipend …
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Mexico: Working from home
Employers lawfully may not unilaterally demand that employees work from home, or some other location remote from their normal workplace … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Information about posting of employees
When free movement resumes across Europe, employers will find a new brochure outlining job-posting rules to be a potentially valuable resource … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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