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USA: Legal hiring data finds disadvantage for DC law grads
If you want a top legal job it is probably not a good idea to attend law school in Washington DC … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: BBC staff urged by unions to accept three-year pay deal
A three-year pay agreement covering journalists and technicians working for the public broadcaster – the BBC – illustrates how easy life is in the public sector when revenue can be generated through taxation and licencing rather than through profit and …
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Denmark: The first case under the amended Competition Act (2013) is in the pipeline
The first case under the amended Competition Act (2013) is now in the pipeline … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Austria decided to require its Data Protection Authority normally to issue warnings before hitting a company with sanctions
Implementing GDPR would appear to be a straighforqard process, as it is a rigid regulation that must apply in an identical way across the EU … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
Air France-KLM employees have rejected a pay offer that would have given them a pay rise of 7% over the next 4 years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Dismissal of a company executive on organizational grounds to be lawful
Dismissal of a company executive on organisational grounds has been found recently by the Supreme Court (9127/18)) to be lawful, provided that their role no longer exists … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Russian Federation: Authorities want to jail people for observing sanctions
Those companies walking the tightrope between US sanctions and the lure of the world’s physically largest country now face an even slippery path ahead … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Berlin court bars Muslim teacher from wearing headscarf
Back in 2015 the German Constitutional Court found it unlawful to operate a blanket ban on teachers wearing headscarves … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Construction sector reaches new two-year bargaining agreement
The Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries (RT) has reached agreement with the Construction Trade Union on a national sectoral wage deal for 2018/19 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: Equal gender pay announced
The Council of Ministers has approved a new law requiring equal pay between men and women … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Proposed EU Directive to help companies move across borders
The European Commission has proposed a new Directive aimed at making it easier for companies to move their company registration across national borders … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Myanmar/Burma: Second amendment to the new Labour Disputes Law is now before parliament
The second amendment to the new Labour Disputes Law is now before parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Court of Justice :: Danish cabotage law
A challenge concerning the legality of a 2013 Danish cabotage law has been squashed by the ECJ because the EU regulation was poorly drafted … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Workers on zero hours contracts rose last year
Figures from 2017 from the Office for National Statistics reveal that the number of workers on zero hours contracts rose last year by 100,000 to 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: Ethical acts
Governments around the world are increasingly becoming suspicious about ethical acts of private sector companies, fearing that they may be either a cover for initiatives that undermine the state, support causes that offend a prevailing moral order, or expose the …
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