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Germany: No subsequent consultation of the Works Council on recruitment
Employers are reminded to carefully handle formal procedures relating to the operation of Works Councils in Germany … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: NatWest launches biometric card pilot
The UK clearing bank, Natwest, is launching a pilot scheme using a fingerprint instead of a pin number … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Ukraine: Draft law on Ukrainian language adopted by 278 lawmakers
The Law on Ensuring the Functioning of Ukrainian Language as the National Language, adopted on April 25th 2019 seeks to regulate the use of the national language in the country … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Costa Rica: Home-working
The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, has met with Amazon executives to discuss increasing the number of nationals working for a new virtual contact centre where all employees are based at home … Please login to view this content …
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Sweden: SAS reaches deal with pilots’ union to end week-long strike
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has reached an agreement with the airline pilots association which gives pilots an annual salary increase of 3 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Czechs plan 7% digital tax on large global internet companies
Following on the footsteps of Austria and France, the Czech government will be introducing a 7% digital tax directed at internet business revenues on large internet companies such as Facebook and Google … Please login to view this content or …
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USA: Unemployment is at a 50-year low
The official unemployment rate declined by 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Brexit update
Talks between the Conservative and Labour parties about a Brexit deal have now been taking place for many days and little substantial progress has been made … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Hong Kong: Government publishes proposed Amendments to the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance
The Hong Kong government has recently published its amended Occupational Retirement Schemes Bill … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Supreme Court rules on whether special allowances constitute basic wages for purposes of PF contributions
In a recent case, the Indian Supreme Court jointlyexamined five different appeals questioning whether special allowances paid by employers should be considered as part of an employee’s basic remuneration … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Hong Kong: When ‘wages’ mean more than just your salary
Clarifying what constitutes contractual pay is essential when it comes to payment in lieu of notice … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Spain: Bilateral agreement with Paraguay
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has signed a bilateral agreement with Paraguay during the Conference of Ministers of Latin America on the Future of Work … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Supreme Court rules inappropriately worded emails are valid reason for termination
The Supreme Court has made a recent ruling which finds that that employee’s use of “inappropriate language” in written workplace correspondence is sufficient reason for termination … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: Russian trans woman wins employment case
Discrimination against transgender employees has been acknowledged for the first time by the Russian Courts … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: Ramadan working hours for private sector announced (2019)
A circular issued by the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation sets out the changes to private sector working hours during Ramadan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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