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Hungary: Labour market intervention
The Hungarian government is currently spending only 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Stringent notification requirements
From October 1st foreign employers operating in France will have to file detailed online returns about all foreign employees seconded to work in their French operations … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: New GM fixed-bonus deal
Up until a week ago, General Motor’s vehicle assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario was earmarked for closure in 1919 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Workers’ compensation under spotlight
A private company’s rights to opt-out of the state workers compensation insurance in Texas is now being questioned in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: Hairstyle ban lawful
The United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that employers may ban employees from wearing the dreadlocks hairstyle … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Fuel shortages
Company operations in transport and energy-intensive sectors across the eastern USA could be affected by a major rupture in an interstate gasoline pipeline that has taken place in central Alabama … Please login to view this content or become a …
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China: Minimum wage hikes (September 2016)
Nine provinces and cities in China, namely Jiangsu, Tianjin, Shandong, Chongqing, Hainan, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, and Beijing have increased their minimum wage rates during September 2016 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Salary sacrifice
A tougher taxation regime will operate from next April to salary sacrifice schemes … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Visa applicability
The procedure for granting temporary residence visas to South Africa has been recently updated … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Budgeting for the levy
As employers plan HR budgets they should not forget that from next year there will be a special levy on each non-EEA migrant worker … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Argentina: Cutting compensation costs
In an attempt to constrain insurance costs in respect to employee injury compensation, the Argentine government wishes to set a fixed fee for both lawyers and investigators and prevent workers from receiving part of their claim before they go to …
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USA: The “cats paw” offence
A so called “cat’s paw” offence originally meant one that made employers directly responsible for discriminatory dismissals of employees – if their decisions were based on discriminatory views held, and recommendations made, by their supervisory employees … Please login to …
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USA: Payroll debit cards
In recent years the use of payroll debit cards has become increasingly popular, especially in the USA where over 11 million workers do not have a bank account … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Luxembourg: Penalties for accidents
The government of Luxembourg has drawn up a new draft law that will penalize employers for work-related accidents … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kuwait: Bangladesh immigration changes
The Kuwait interior ministry has reintroduced a ban on the recruitment of male domestic workers from Bangladesh … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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