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USA: A rise in premature deaths
Employers in the USA are facing a rise in premature deaths amongst their white, middle-aged female employees – a trend that has been evident since 2010 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: McDonald’s to offer all UK staff fixed hour contracts
The fast-food restaurants group McDonald’s is rolling out an option to all of its 115,000 UK directly owned and franchisee employees to have a fixed-hours, instead of a zero-hours, contract … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Global: The impact of telework/ICT-mobile work (T/ICTM)
A new report from the International Labour Organisation and European Foundation reviews the impact of telework/ICT-mobile work (T/ICTM) on the world of work … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Montenegro: Average gross monthly earnings for February 2017
Average gross monthly earnings in Montenegro rose by 4 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mozambique: The new minimum wage
The new minimum wage effective this month ranges between 3,642 meticais (US$51) for the agriculture sector to 10,400 meticais (US$145 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Poland: Average gross wages and salaries
Average gross wages and salaries in companies employing more than nine people in Poland rose 5 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: Ban religious group
Refusal to employ someone from the Christian Jehovah’s Witness sect will not be a discriminatory act in Russia but may, in fact, be now a duty … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sri Lanka: Labour dispute ends at port terminal
A dispute over bonus payments at Sri Lanka’s container port in Colombo has ended with an undisclosed increase in performance-related payments … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: When a quit is no departure
Common law courts in different jurisdictions often take differing views on similar issues … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Proposals to working hours
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has proposed an amendment of the Labour Standards Act that will set a new upper limit to overtime working hours and heavily penalise any violations … Please login to view this content or …
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China: The foreign work license permit
The hiring of foreign experts is being simplified with the introduction of a single document called ‘the foreign work license permit’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Teleworking
On the 24th of July, the majority of employees in some 1000 companies in Tokyo will spend their day teleworking … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Peru: Working population
Between January and March 2017 female employment in the Lima metropolitan area grew by 33,700 whilst the male working population dropped by 8,300 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Rights to dismiss on grounds of uncertain identity
Although companies normally check the identities of those they employ there is always the possibility that someone has managed to deceive the authorities and assumed another person’s identity … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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South Africa: Rulings concerning the tax treatment of commuter transport
Two rulings by the South African Revenue Service have recently been made concerning the tax treatment of free or subsidized commuter transport … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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