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United Kingdom: Foreign service exemption
Under the Finance Bill 2017 employees made redundant will no longer be able to claim a foreign service exemption if they work temporarily abroad – but are a UK tax resident … Please login to view this content or become …
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North America: US threatened to terminate NAFTA
In recent talks the USA threatened to withdraw from its long-standing NAFTA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico – even though it would damage many of its industrial supply chains and farming businesses … Please login to view this content …
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Latin America/Caribbean: Corruption on the rise
A survey by the independent ‘Transparency International’ has found that one in three people paid a bribe to a public official in the last year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Nigeria: Visa on arrival
The African Union has reported that the Nigerian government is planning to introduce a facility for citizens of all African countries to apply for a visa on arrival … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Mauritius: Blockchain economy
The government is pressing ahead with its aim of becoming the first blockchain economy … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Opioid crisis
In the USA more people are now dying from drug overdoses than gun crime and HIV … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Chinese students studying abroad
The number of Chinese students studying abroad has grown from 284,700 in 2010 to 540,00 in 2016 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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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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