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Australia: Corporation tax cut
The government’s controversial AU$65 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mexico: Canadian leader urges better salaries
During recent NAFTA talks the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, proposed that Mexico should pay workers higher wages and do away with its “yellow” unions … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kenya: Losses as striking tea pickers vow to stay away
Kenya Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (KAPWU) has warned tea growers that it plans to pre-empt an Appeal Court application and go on strike unless employers give them the remaining 15% rise awarded by a lower court in 2014 … …
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Ghana: The Youth Employment Agency
The Youth Employment Agency was established in 2015, but question marks have long hung over who actually receives its funding … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UNESCO: US Withdrawal
The USA has announced its resignation from the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation over concerns about its funding deficit and perceived anti-Israeli stance … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Train drivers’ union ASLEF
Members of the train drivers’ union ASLEF are voting on a pay offer from Southern Rail that would give them an increase of 28 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Netherlands: Programme of labour reforms
The new coalition government has agreed a programme of important labour reforms covering transition payments, sickpay, fixed-term contracts, independent contractors and much more … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Termination
The Supreme Court has held that a termination can be considered to have taken place, even if an employer simply read the content of a dismissal letter to the employee concerned, and even if the employee refused to accept delivery …
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Fraud: Ex-HSBC foreign exchange trader found guilty of fraud
Mark Johnson, a former HSBC Holdings executive, has been found guilty in New York of a massive “front running” foreign exchange fraud … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kuwait: Government to reduce foreign citizens number
Around 70% of residents are foreign citizens and there is a strong government drive to reduce this to below 50% … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Tesla has reached a deal to build a factory in China
Preliminary reports indicate that carmaker Tesla has reached a deal with the Shanghai municipal government … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: General election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has managed to secure a third term in a snap general election and his party has gained even more parliamentary seats … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Parliamentary elections
The extreme right wing party ANO (Action for Dissatisfied Citizens party) led by the highly dubious billionaire Andrej Babis has won the largest number of seats in the Czech parliamentary elections … Please login to view this content or become …
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Italy: Family care leave for part-time worker
A part-time worker is, according to the Supreme Court, entitled to take family care leave in full only if they work more than 50% of normal full-time hours … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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China: Paid leave for nursing their parent in Chongqing
Chongqing Municipality, one of China’s four direct-controlled urban zones, has proposed that if a single child ‘s elderly parent enters hospital for serious medical treatment the employer of their offspring must be given up to 10 days leave on full …
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