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USA: Opioids affect 75% of US workplaces
The National Safety Council has published the findings of a survey which show that approximately 75% of US employers have been impacted by employee opioid use, with reports of poorer work performances and absenteeism … Please login to view this …
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Hong Kong: Belarus, Hong Kong mutual visa-free extended to 30 days
Passport holders from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Belarus are now able to enjoy 30 days, rather than previous 14 days’, visa-free facility to visit each other’s country … Please login to view this content or become …
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India: Deadline extended for person of India card holders to obtain overseas citizen of India card
The Indian government has extended the deadline for conversion of PIO (Person of Indian Origin) cards into OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cards a number of times in the past … Please login to view this content or become a …
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United Kingdom: Failing to prevent economic crime – a new offence?
The UK Treasury Committee has issued a report calling for a new offence of “failing to prevent economic crime” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Political interest
Although it has been widely reported that the political squabbling over Brexit has led to a reduction in interest in the subject, there is little evidence that this is the case … Please login to view this content or become …
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Spain: Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data
4 months after the Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data entered into force, employers are still striving to establish internal policies regulating their employees’ recently safeguarded digital rights … Please login to view this content or become …
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USA: New Mexico decriminalizes cannabis
New Mexico has become the latest (and the 24th state) to decriminalise – or partly decriminalise – cannabis use … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Brunei: Death by stoning
The penalty of death by stoning has now become a mandatory punishment for the following offences in Brunei: rape, adultery, sodomy, robbery, and insulting the prophet Muhammad … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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USA: Failure to accommodate injury is disability discrimination
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury in California has awarded a disabled worker $2,899,670 in damages because her former employer failed to accommodate her disability … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Precautionary suspension: do employees have the right to make representations?
The accepted practice of employers undertaking a precautionary hearing before suspending an employee is no longer necessary … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Saudi Arabia: Online registration for private sector work contracts
All private sector companies must now upload their employment contracts onto the General Organisation for Social Insurance’s (GOSI) electronic portal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Oman: New Commercial Companies Law comes into effect
A new company law (Decree 18/2019) has just come into force … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Department of Labor proposes new overtime rule
The Department of Labor & Industries in the US NW state of Washington has proposed that the non-exempt overtime threshold be raised from $23,660 to between $49,920 and $62,400 per year … Please login to view this content or become …
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EU/UK: EU leaders give Theresa May a Brexit delay until October 31
The EU has agreed to grant the United Kingdom an Article 50 extension until October the 31st 2019 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kuwait: Civil ID to be proof of residency after iqama sticker scrapped
The Kuwaiti authorities have replaced residence stickers on passports with a separate civil ID card issued by the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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