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Sri Lanka: Opening up to foreign development
A draft bill on Regulation of Insurance Industry has just been approved by Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Personal liability for unfair dismissal costs
The Labour Court has recently ordered senior executives at the state broadcaster SABC to submit within 5 days papers that justify why they should not be personally liable for all the costs (at a punitive scale) arising from an unfair …
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Czech Republic: Making the unemployed work
The Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry is committed to reducing long-term unemployment, in spite of a recent failed experiment aimed at making it pay to work rather than remain on state benefits … Please login to view this content …
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Canada: Dismissal with just cause
Around 6 – 7% of employees in Canada are categorized as federally-regulated because they work in certain sectors such as banking, air transport and telecommunications … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Cambodia: Labour court by end of 2017
Although a law has been in force for some years allowing for the establishment of a labour Court in Cambodia, only now is legislation being put in place to define court procedures and bring it into being by the end …
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Brazil: Top court makes soundings
The Superior labour court in Brazil is holding series of public hearings to take submissions about several areas of legal precedent … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Vietnam: Minimum wage to rise by 7.3%
There are four regional statutory wage rates in Vietnam … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: California becoming an employer-unfriendly state
The last year has been a difficult time for employers in California who pay their employees on a piece-rate basis … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Widening scope of “applicable law”
Employers of staff in different jurisdictions are often faced with a dilemma about what laws apply in particular cases … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Widescale disregard for EU rules
How good are EU member states at complying with their obligations? Each Summer a report is compiled by the European Commission about compliance during the previous year – and the picture it reveals is appalling … Please login to view …
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Jamaica: Court fines to rise one-thousandfold
Since 1968, Section 29 (b) of the Jamaican Interpretation Act has set a maximum fine for any infringement of an Act of Parliament or Regulation at $1,000 (US$7 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Ukraine: Real wages grow – but so do arrears
Over the year to the end of May 2016 actual wages in Ukraine grew by 23 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Korea: Pay rises in spite of labour market woes
A recent analysis carried out by the Federation of Korean Industries has found that between 1996 and 2014 gross, average wages grew from US$30,880 to US$36,653, whilst labour productivity more than doubled … Please login to view this content or …
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India/Japan: Social security deal
Agreement has been reached between India and Japan on the mutual recognition of social security payments, with effect from October 1st 2016 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Pay on the move
After remaining static for three months, average contractual hourly wage rates in June rose by 0 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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