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Brazil: Deadline approaches for labour law
Although President Temer initially refused to sign the new labour law after it was passed by the Senate in July he was persuaded to back down and it will now come into force on November 11th 2017 … Please login …
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Israel: Payslips may now be delivered via internet communications system
Due to a change in the Salary Protection Regulations, employee payslips may now be delivered via email or other internet communications system … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kyrgyzstan: Electronic visa system
Citizens of all foreign countries may now obtain entry-exit tourist or business visas for the Kyrgyz Republic for up to 90 days via the Internet … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: Proposal to raise minimum wage
The Ministry of Labour’s Basic Wage Deliberation Committee has recommended an increase in the national monthly minimum wage from NT$21,009 (US$698) to NT$22,000 (US$730) with effect from January 1st 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: NLRB summons Tesla
A formal complaint against the carmaker Tesla has been issued by the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mexico: A system to measure and monitor employers’ compliance with laws
The Labour Department (STPS) has just launched a system to measure and monitor employers’ compliance with laws regulating working conditions, training, safety and health and the safeguarding of workers’ rights … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Taiwan: Spouses of foreign professionals taking partly-hours specialized or technical works
Companies operating in Taiwan may now hire spouses of Class “A” foreign professional or technical workers also to undertake professional or technical work – but only on a part-time basis … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: The Healthy Starts Act
Recently Washington joined 18 other states, the District of Columbia and four cities, with a law requiring businesses with 15 or more employees to provide work-related accommodations for pregnant workers … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Finland: New obligation for employers using fixed-term employment contracts
The Supreme Court has decided (KKO 2017:55) that where individuals are employed on consecutive fixed term contracts their employer has an obligation to assess whether they could be redeployed prior to considering possible non-renewal of a contract … Please login …
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Cyprus: Directive on posting of workers
The EU Directive on posting of workers (Directive 2014/67/EU) that should have been transposed into national law by 18 June 2016 has only just been implemented by Cyprus … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Denmark: Holidays Act
Following pressure from the European Union, the government’s holiday committee has recommended a draft law amending the existing Holidays Act … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Mobile technological equipment for members of Works Councils
In a recent decision of the Frankfurt/Main supreme labour court (LAG Frankfurt / Main, 03 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Macron labour reforms
The French government has announced the outcome of its recent talks on labour reforms … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Austria: New sectoral agreement
Companies in the trade sector should now prepare for the implementation of the new sectoral agreement on the 1st of December 2017 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: DHL must pay over €70,000 to an accident-prone driver it sacked
The Labour Court has reached its decision in a high profile unfair dismissal case (DHL Express (Ireland) v Michael Coughlan (Case No UDD1738) (Ireland) v Michael Coughlan (Case No UDD1738) and awarded a former DHL employee compensation of €72042 (US$85990) …
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