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Chile: Lack of adequate discrimination legislation
In its recent review, the UN Human Rights Committee has pointed out “the absence of comprehensive discrimination legislation explicitly guaranteeing the principle of equality between women and men” and the persistence of gender wage gaps … Please login to view …
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El Salvador: Is country’s rehabilitation genuine?
Once the most violent country in Latin America El Salvador now claims to be one of the safest – following a huge round up of its numerous violent gang members … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Germany: Remuneration of works council members
The Works Constitution Act is currently being amended by the Bundestag (Federal Parliament) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Virginia increases child labour penalties
Virginia law generally prohibits children under 14 from being employed, whilst children aged 14 to 15 may be only employed if they are enrolled in a regular school work-training program and have a work-training certificate … Please login to view …
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Mexico: Visa dispute with Peru
Citing the significant increase in Peruvian nationals entering Mexico for purposes other than those allowed under the current visa rules, effective 20th April 2024 the Mexican government will require nationals of Peru entering Mexico to first obtain a consular Visitor …
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Italy: Ending a CIGS scheme
If an employer decides to discontinue the work rotational mechanism within a production unit which was established under a CIGS scheme and dismiss those involved, they must meet certain criteria … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Japan: Mandatory background checks
All organisations hiring employees to work with children will soon be required to undertake a background check on applicants … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Health risks to watch
The potentially serious (and life threatening) disease of Measles is becoming more common in around 45 countries around the World – especially the Philippines, Brazil, Serbia and Madagascar … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Brazil: Watershed ruling crossing public and private sector divide
It has become an unwritten rule around the World that employee pay, terms and conditions in the public sector should not be used as a comparator for adjustments in the private sector … Please login to view this content or …
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South Korea: Change in calculating minimum wage
Although the minimum wage has just increased slightly (2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Invisible overtime
At the latest session of the National Peoples’ Congress, many delegates raised the issue of long working hours being a product of digitalization – with employees being expected to continue working online after normal working time had ended … Please …
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Germany: Discrimination against fixed-term workers
An employer may not distinguish between a permanent and a fixed-term employee when making payment of a discretionary inflation compensation bonus … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: AI Bills to control automated decision-making
Many State legislatures are currently debating measures that would outlaw “algorithmic discrimination”, automated decision making in the employment sphere and also closely control “predictive data analytics” used to make hiring, firing, promotion, and compensation decisions … Please login to view …
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United Kingdom: Trade union rights
Currently section 146 of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 prohibits action short of dismissal on grounds related to union membership or activities … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Revision of income tables for employees working abroad
It is a peculiarity of the Italian taxation system that any employee working abroad for any period of 183 days in any 12-month period must continue to pay Italian tax and social contributions according to sector-specific scales set out in …
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