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Bulgaria: Financial incentives are available for undeveloped municipalities

Employers in two undeveloped municipalities can now take advantage of a series of financial incentives provided under the Employment Promotion Act … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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South Korea: General Motors continues in talks

General Motors continues in talks with government, banks and its trade union about cut-backs and plant closures … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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New Zealand: Employment Relations Bill introduced

The Employment Relations Amendment Bill is now making its way through the national parliament and, as it does so, the relative strengths of different proposals are becoming more evident … Please login to view this content or become a member …

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Japan: Travelers required paying sayonara tax when leaving Japan from 2019

The first new tax since 1992 will be introduced next January … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Australia: Queensland’s labour hire law in force

Queensland’s Labour Hire Law has now come into force … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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USA: New Wisconsin employment law standardization act

The Governor of Wisconsin has signed into force an Employment Law Standardisation Act … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Argentina: Process of harmonisation of employer social security contributions is underway

The process of harmonisation of employer social security contributions is underway … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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UAE: It is now lawful to employ people on a part-time contract

It is now lawful to employ people on a part-time contract … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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South Africa: Award reinstatement

If an employer is found, through arbitration, to have unfairly dismissed an employee and ordered to reinstate them it is not necessarily contempt of court to have reemployed the individual concerned, rather than reinstated them on the same terms and …

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Nigeria: President Buhari urged to sign Disability Bill

Although the Disability Bill was passed by the National Assembly last month, it has yet to be signed by President Muhammadu Buhari … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Morocco: Introduction to Law 103-13 on the elimination of violence against women

Law 103-13 on the elimination of all violence against women will enter into force in August 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Jordan: Flexible work instructions issued

The US foreign aid agency USAID has signed an accord with the Ministry of Labour that seeks to achieve greater participation in the labour market for women through the spread of flexible working practices … Please login to view this …

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Australia: Modern slavery Bill introduced into the New South Wales Parliament

A “modern slavery” Bill has just been introduced into the New South Wales Parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Bulgaria: Scheme to encourage parents to return to work established

A new scheme has been established to encourage parents to return to work … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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Nigeria: Law against casualisation of workers underway

A Bill prohibiting casualization and outsourcing of workers is now before the National Assembly … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …

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