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USA: Goodbye America
The threat made by the US President-elect to impose a 35% tariff on the products of US companies that are manufactured offshore will almost certainly backfire … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Universal basic income trial
The prospect of 50% of jobs in advanced economies being replaced by automation over the next two decades is encouraging many progressive governments to look for alternative ways to distribute wealth … Please login to view this content or become …
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France: Regulating work creep
Organisations with 50 + employees are now subject to a new law that obliges them to negotiate with workers, or their representatives, about being contacted out of normal working hours by phone, email, SMS or other messaging system … Please …
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Italy: New rules on foreign secondees
The Department of Labour and Social Security has formalized its constraints on the posting of workers from all foreign countries by setting up an on-line portal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Final demise of union movement
The latest victim of the US presidential election has been the trade union movement … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Hungary: Net earnings rise by 7% – October 2016
Average gross monthly earnings in October 2016 were HUF 262,200 (US$ ), 5 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Serbia: Abolition of visas
A ministerial working group has been looking into how it will be possible to attract more investment into Serbia … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Work breaks for women
The Guangdong province of China has issued a new regulation concerning the ‘protection of female staff and workers’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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India: Simpler eToken process
The Indian immigration service has further eased the process of traveling into the country from Bangladesh by removing the need first to obtain an appointment to obtain an eToken … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Malta: Long weekends in prospect
Although there has been a lot of trade union pressure in Malta to reintroduce the right to take public holidays on a normal working day when they fall at the weekend, in 2017 there are only two public holidays that …
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Russian Federation: Closing the doors to foreign workers
The Russian Cabinet has reduced the number of work permits in the annual quota for 2017 by 17 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Labour costs rise by 1.9% Q3 2016
Hourly labour costs rose, on average, by 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Japan: Contract labour not working
Having sought to encourage the growth of contract and atypical working over a decade ago – in order to reduce unemployment and contain pay growth – the Japanese government is now struggling to deal with the consequences … Please login …
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India: New disability law
The upper house of the Indian parliament (Rajya Sabha) has finally approved The rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill after a string of delays in its passage over the last two years … Please login to view this content or …
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USA: Minimum wage to rise in 19 states
Although the frozen minimum wage rate of $7 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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