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United Kingdom: Termination payments
Employers should not let concerns about Brexit cloud their attention about other future challenges on the horizon … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Vietnam: Average Tet bonus is $288 this year
As in Taiwan, each year the majority of companies in Vietnam pay what they call a “Tet” – a lunar new-year – bonus … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Californian H&S standards in pipeline
Companies with employees in California need to give special attention in coming months to a number of occupational health and safety problem areas … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Denmark: Do companies suffer by offering paid parental leave?
A study of parental leave in Denmark carried out by a team led by the economics professor at University of Zurich has found no harmful effects on either the employing company or co-workers when workers take time off to look …
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Canada: $75M budget in skilled trades
The huge shortage of manpower in the skilled trades experienced in Ontario has led the government to set aside a budget of $75M (US$57M) for promoting skilled trades to school pupils and their parents … Please login to view this …
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Northern Ireland: Employment tribunal claimants now required to consider early conciliation
Early conciliation in workplace disputes must now be considered by the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) before referral to an industrial or fair employment tribunal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Rise of e-mobility puts ‘more than 400,000 jobs at risk’
A study published by the think tank “Future of Mobility (NPM)” has forecast that more than 400,000 German jobs will be at risk due to the switch to electric cars over the next 10 years … Please login to view …
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Belgium: Gambling addiction
Every HR professional will have come across employees who have a gambling addiction … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Malaysia: Government opens 15-day visa-free travel for India in 2020
Indian citizens are now able to visit Malaysia without needing to apply for a visa in advance and can stay there for up to 15 days, although they are still required to register personal details through the eNTRI system … …
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United Kingdom: Britain’s EU citizens ‘at risk of discrimination’ after Brexit
It now seems that the UK government is determined to deny those EU nationals receiving the right to stay and work in the UK an official document or card confirming their status … Please login to view this content or …
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USA: Class action is not going away
The action of the Supreme Court in 2018 to place on a firmer legal footing mandatory arbitration clauses and make it more difficult to bring federal class action lawsuits has begun to bite … Please login to view this content …
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Denmark: Early retirement for those suffering “burn out”
Those suffering “burn out” can now take early retirement through a new streamlined route … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Vietnam: New Labour Code
Although the new Labour Code has been passed by the National Assembly and is scheduled to come into force next year, there remain a number of still much debated changes … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: Workplace fatalities in 2018
Figures have just been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics concerning workplace fatalities in 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Israel: Retail prices increased by only 0.6%
Retail prices have increased by only 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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