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Canada: Employees on probation can’t be fired arbitrarily
In British Columbia, The Employment Standards Act goes beyond common law dismissal rights so that an employee on probation cannot be dismissed without notice after they have completed three months service, even if this is permitted by their individual contract …
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India: Cutting employee benefit costs
The indian government is trying to ease the burden on employers and make the country a more attractive place to invest … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Pakistan: Increased penalties for fast-breakers
Although business travel to Pakistan is generally unsafe at the best of times it could soon become even more precarious for the unwitting foreigner … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Sickpay
The Swedish Social Affairs Ministry has announced that from January 1st 2019 sickpay in Sweden will be paid by employers from the first day of absence … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Greater police workplace powers
Sweden’s Justice Ministry is clamping down further on the employment of illegal foreign workers by giving additional powers to the police to undertake random raids on workplaces … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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France: Government fee to be required for posted workers
Since 2016, if you send any employee to France (even from another EU state) and the employee remains on the home payroll, then you have been required to first check to see if their home country has a social security …
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Sri Lanka: Economic renaissance
Sri-Lanka’s economy has long depended on remittances from its diaspora working in mainly unskilled and semi-skilled jobs around the world … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Namibia: Twin track economy
Namibia’s economy expanded by only 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Plans to Raise Minimum Wage by 11 Percent
The Czech Prime Minister has revealed that he plans to increase the national gross minimum wage on January 1st2018 by 11% to 12,200 crowns ($US510) a month … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Global: Study of healthcare access and quality
A recent article in the medical journal “the Lancet” provides the results from a 25-year study of healthcare access and quality around the world … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Ukraine: New regulation on labour inspection
A new regulation on labour inspection has just come into force in Ukraine … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Shell to offer at least 16 weeks maternity leave
The energy company Royal Dutch Shell has decided to introduce a worldwide minimum standard of 16 weeks paid maternity leave … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Azerbaijan: Amendments to the Labour Code
The Azerbaijan parliament has recently been considering a number of amendments to the Labour Code … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Norway: Labour disputes
56% of all working days lost due to labour disputes in Norway last year took place in the restaurants and hotels sector … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Montenegro: Gross average monthly earnings for March 2017
Gross average monthly earnings in March 2017 stood at 762 euros … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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