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India: Indian Railways writes off residential arrear of 72 months, approves 10% yearly hike in maintenance fee
Many employees of the major employer India Railways receive subsidised accommodation as part of their remuneration … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Texas Senate passes religious refusals bill
Bill 17 currently before the Texas Senate has caused much public unrest … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Ontario passes legislation to cut red tape and create jobs
Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act has just been introduced to cut job-related regulation in 30 areas … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Discrimination and mental health issues rife in tech
A recent study conducted by BIMA – a British digital industry network – with 3,333 technology sector workers suggests that these employees face significant problems with depression, anxiety and discrimination … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Poland: A million PLN fine for GDPR
A Sweden-based company has recently been fined PLN 1 million (EUR220,000/US$249,000) by the Polish Data Protection Authority (UODO) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Bank Of America to raise minimum wage to $20 for all employees
With effect from the 1st of May 2019, 205,000+ employees from the Bank of America will see their minimum hourly wage increase to $17 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Jordan: Parliament ends dispute by rejecting raising marriage age to 16
The role and rights of women continues to be the hot social issue in the Middle-East, just like corruption and human rights dominates African legislative agendas … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mexico: #MeToo reaches Mexico
The #MeToo movement has made it to Mexico … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Serbia: Employees could be fired because of fake sick leave
A proposal to amend the Labour Law in order to allow employers to dismiss those employees on “fake sick leave” is to be submitted to Parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: New legislation on residence-based social security benefits
The Act on Residence-Based Social Security came into effect on April 1st 2019 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: The ‘Macron scale’ challenged in labour tribunals’ rulings
Recent case law from the French Labour Courts is inconsistent concerning the implementation of the so-called ‘Macron scale’ of damages for unfair dismissal introduced back in September 2017 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: NYC Releases Anti-Harassment Training Video
From the 1st of April 2019, employers in New York City with 15+ staff have been required to provide anti-harassment training to their employees and independent contractors … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi law professor arrested for criticising kingdom’s human rights record
The dangers of exercising free speech have recently been well illustrated by the arrest of Professor Anas al-Mazrouee after giving a talk at the Riyadh International Book Fair … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: Retail pay deal
The American department store “Macy’s” has met the demands of the Washington “Food and Commercial Workers Local 21” by introducing higher salaries, additional roster options and annual salary increments … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Taiwan: Regular wages up 1.86% in February
Over the year to February 2019, average monthly basic pay across Taiwan increased by an average of 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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