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Australia: Minimum wage increased by 3.5% to $18.93 an hour
The National Minimum Wage has been raised 3 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Walmart offers $1 per day college tuition
Back in March we reported a new facility offered by Taco Bell to its US employees that would give opportunities for staff to study for college degrees … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Bangladesh: Labour law reform
The promised major labour law reform is currently finally taking shape … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Monthly basic old-age pension to enterprise retirees in Hunan province
According to latest statistics from the Social Security Management Service Bureau of Hunan Province, in 2017, the monthly basic old-age pension to enterprise retirees in Hunan province was 2,270 yuan (US$355) … Please login to view this content or become …
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Scandinavia: Pawternity leave
The largest pet supply company in the Nordic countries has decided to offer three days paid “parental leave” to its 1500 employees when they first obtain a new pet … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Hong Kong: Court overturns landmark benefits ruling for gay civil servants
The Court of appeal has overturned the decision of a lower court that had required the Hong Kong government to give the same benefits to employees in gay marriages as to their heterosexual colleagues … Please login to view this …
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Global: Budweiser’s parent company is now giving nearly 200,000 employees four months of paid parental leave
The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (Budweiser) is rolling out a new global policy on paid parental leave to benefit 200,000 monthly-paid staff in all 52 countries where it operates … Please login to view this content or become a …
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China: Average wage of workers in Beijing and Shanghai (2017)
According to the latest figures from the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureaux, in 2017, the average yearly wage of workers in Beijing was 101,599 yuan (US$15,867), and the average monthly wage was 8,467 yuan (US$1,322) … Please login …
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USA: New York city council enacts package of bills to combat sexual harassment
Hard on the heels of legislation by Chicago City Council earlier this year, New York City Council has passed its own comprehensive battery of 11 laws to combat sexual harassment at work … Please login to view this content or …
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Canada: Changes to WSIA will make client employers responsible for injuries to temporary employment agency workers
Although technically possible for some time, it is only now that responsibility for the health and safety of temporary agency workers has been firmly laid at the door of user companies … Please login to view this content or become …
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Brazil: Labour court declares Petrobras workers strike illegal
A strike by unions at the state oil company Petrobras has been declared unlawful by the Supreme Court … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Legal changes
A number of legal changes have recently taken effect … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: A backdoor way to repeal workplace laws
The dust is still falling on Epic Systems Corp Vs Lewis, but already it has been named by the ruling’s opponents as “a backdoor way to repeal workplace laws” … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Saudi Arabia: New law criminalizes sexual harassment
The Kingdom’s principal advisory body, the Shura Council, has agreed to introduce a new law banning sexual harassment and introduce a penalty for infringement amounting to a prison term of up to five years and a fine of 300,000 riyals …
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Nigeria: Federal government increases maternity leave
It is not clear from a recent statement made by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, whether he intends to increase maternity leave to 16 weeks for all employees, or just for civil servants … Please login to …
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