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European Union: Average hourly labour costs rose Q3 2017
Average hourly labour costs rose over the year to Q3 2017 in the business sector of the EU economy by 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Nepal: Workplace health and safety act
The new Labour Act has introduced workplace health and safety into the country’s legislation for the first time … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Unions to fight rise of casual work in major industrial relations battle
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is putting pressure on the national government to introduce legislation that would reduce the level of workplace ’casualisation’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Bahrain: Maternity leave – Parity sought for delivery and miscarriage
A member of parliament has submitted a draft bill that would grant women suffering miscarriages after 6 months of pregnancy the right to take maternity leave in line with those who have given birth … Please login to view this …
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France: CGT trade union is continuing to lose members
The highly militant CGT trades union is continuing to lose members … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Philippines: New tax laws
A raft of tax laws that are due to come into force this month increase the tax-free element of annual personal incomes from P10,000 (US$199) to P250,000 (US$4997), but increase the top marginal rate of tax from 32% to 35% …
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USA: Recreational marijuana legalized in California
Although the recreational use of marijuana became legal on January 1st in California many individual town and city councils are seeking to prevent or delay its sale … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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India: New law on data protection being framed
A comprehensive data protection law is currently being drafted by the Rajya Sabha (Upper house of the Indian Parliament) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Bangladesh: Rampant drug abuse
A new report has revealed that over 7 million drug addicts exist in the country and that 77% of abusers were aged 16-35 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Thailand: Deadline for foreign nationals to confirm nationality extended
Following a request from the government of Myanmar, the Thai government has agreed to extend until June 30th 2018 the deadline for incoming foreign nationals to confirm their nationality … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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India: Bill to jail Muslim men for instant divorce
In August 2017 the Supreme Court ruled that allowing the practice of Muslim men to divorce their wives simply by uttering the word “talaq” three times (including via social media) was “unconstitutional” … Please login to view this content or …
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USA: EEOC wellness program rule
Companies that offer up to 30% discount for wellness programmes so long as employees ‘voluntarily’ give up their right to medical privacy have up until now been protected by an EEOC ruling … Please login to view this content or …
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Portugal: Minimum wage increased
It has been agreed that the national minimum wage will rise with effect from January 1st from 557 to 580 euros a month … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Spain: Minimum wage deal
The Head of the Spanish government, Mariano Rajoy, has offered both sides of industry a three-year minimum wage deal, commencing with an increase in 2018 of 4% in order to bring the new minimum wage to 735 … Please login …
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USA: Minimum wage rates increased
A total of 18 US states increased their hourly minimum wage rates on January 1st … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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