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USA: Blacklisting challenge
A US district court in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the national Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Regulations (FPSW) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Pay for shared parental leave
Employers offering enhanced maternity pay, but only statutory shared parental pay could find themselves facing an employment tribunal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: GDPR still on track
In spite of Brexit, the UK government has announced that it still plans to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by May 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Sinking ship
A number of financial services companies such as Goldman Sachs have made clear that they will move at least part of their operations from London to the European Continent if the UK loses its “banking passport” as a consequence of …
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Turkey: Door closes on free movement
Although the Turkish government has introduced a new-style passport containing a chip holding an individual’s fingerprint and facial image it has not led to visa free travel into the EU’s Schengen area … Please login to view this content or …
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Poland: Stricter rules on Job posting
Employers sending workers to Poland for temporary postings – including intra-company transfers and temporary work agencies – must now inform the Polish Labour Inspectorate of the posting and its duration no later than the day when it commences … Please …
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New Zealand: Good employment growth
Over Q3 2016 unemployment in New Zealand fell to below 5% for the first time in the last 8 years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Mexico: End to ‘protection contracts’
The Mexican Senate has voted to amend Articles 107 and 123 of the country’s constitution … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: New labour leasing rules
The latest draft Employee Leasing Act (“AÜG”) currently before Germany’s lower house of parliament (Budesrat) requires all temporary workers to be employed directly by the lender … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Better educated second generation immigrants
Eurostat’s most recent statistics on the profile of first and second generation immigrants indicates that although first generation immigrants from outside the EU are slightly less well qualified than the native population when they first arrive in the EU, they …
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Denmark: Whistleblowing in audit firms
Following amendments to the Act on Auditors and Audit Firms (631/2016) in June 2016 Denmark’s Data Protection Agency issued a new form (WB1) last month that must e completed by Auditing firms that are now required to comply with new …
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Cyprus: Attracting foreign nationals
Cyprus is now moving quickly towards entry to the Schengen free movement area … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Stores must close on specified days
An opening ban on stores with floor areas of 200 square meters or more will apply next year on January 1st, Easter Monday, May 8th, September 28th, October 28th, December 24th (afternoons to midnight), December 25th and December 26th … …
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USA: Flight attendants vote ‘yes’
Flight attendants working for Southwest airlines have narrowly ratified a new two-year pay deal a year after they heavily rejected a previous deal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Tax concession to foreign professionals
From January 1st 2017 a discount will apply to withholding taxes payable in respect to income received by certain employees based outside Turkey who provide services into the country … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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