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European Union: The latest developments in pay across Europe
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Croatia: Government increases minimum wage for 2019
With effect from the 1st of January 2019, the net minimum wage will be increased by 248 kuna or by 9% from 2,752 kuna (US$421 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Belgium: 23 % of people with disabilities have a job
According to the Belgian Statistical Office, in 2017, 9% of the population aged between 15 and 64 had a disability or health problem that severely limited their daily activities … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Taiwan: Uruguay temporarily halts visa free entry for Taiwanese
Uruguay has suspended visa-free entry for visitors from Taiwan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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New Zealand: Work-related serious non-fatal injuries increase
Latest figures released from Stats NZ show that the work-related, serious, non-fatal injury rates rose to 16 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: October real wages down for 3rd straight month
Over the year to October 2018, total monthly gross pay per person, including regular and overtime pay (as well as bonuses), went up 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Domestic violence leave now an entitlement
An amendment to the Fair Work Act has brought into force a new right for all workers who are victims of domestic violence to take up to five days’ unpaid leave … Please login to view this content or become …
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Peru: A new law has been endorsed to ensure equal treatment
A new law has been endorsed by the State President that entitles all citizens the right to be treated equally no matter what their physical or mental disability … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Canada: Alberta takes steps to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace
Women in Alberta may no longer be forced to wear high heels in the workplace, even if their employers require them to do so … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: Visa amnesty extended for the month of December
The UAE government has further extended the country’s visa amnesty for short-term migrants by one month and now it will end on the 31st of December 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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South Africa: Minimum wage to apply from January 2019
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law late last month, will officially take effect from the 1st of January 2019 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: Cabinet lays out plan to make Taiwan bilingual by 2030
The State Premier, William Lai, has announced that his Cabinet has agreed to a plan to make Taiwan bilingual by 2030 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: The level of productivity is falling
Although working time is rising, the level of productivity in Germany is falling … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Luxembourg: Public transport to be free for all
In order to combat pollution and reduce congestion the newly elected coalition government has declared that, from next Summer, all public transport in the country will become free … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: Pa. Justices rule companies have common-law duty to protect employees’ electronic data
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has found an employer had not taken “reasonable care” to safeguard employee’s sensitive data from cyberattacks … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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