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USA: Back of the ballot
A sometimes overlooked feature of the forthcoming US presidential election is the addition of local referendum questions to the ballot … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Preparing for 2017
The deadline is fast approaching in Finland for retirement reforms … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: SEC on the offensive
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has in the last few days filed civil charges against two companies that required their employees to undertake, in severance agreements, that they will not accept government rewards for whistleblower actions … Please login …
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European Union: The disengagement deal
Employers are often left with the situation where, prior to retirement, an employee is on long-term sick leave and continues to accrue holiday entitlement for which they may be paid as part of the settlement when their retirement date is …
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India: The curate’s egg – revisited
A nationwide Goods and Services tax has been debated for years in India, but held up by infighting between the national and state governments … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Few jobs for refugees
Over a million refugees have poured into Germany in the last year and now the German government is becoming deeply concerned about their job prospects … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Thou camest to bite the world
Employers with interests in Turkey or neighboring Greece should take note that Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister, Omer Celik, has issued an angry threat to the European Commission that it either honours its undertaking to give visa-free travel to Turks visiting …
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Europe: Apropos the status quo
The structure of middle incomes across Europe has come under the spotlight in recent figures published by Eurostat … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Apprenticeship levy – the small print
The UK Department of Education has just issued guidance on the new apprenticeship levy scheme that will be introduced on April 6th 2017 (https://goo … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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UAE: State browsing ban
A recent amendment to the cybercrime law (2012) makes it an offence for anyone in UAE to use a “fraudulent” IP address to commit a crime or prevent its discovery … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: Dragging own union to court
A group of former Continental Airline pilots has finally lost its putative class action they filed against the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) back in February 2014 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Hungary: Protection of voice data
Companies that have operations in Hungary should review their use of customer and employee voice recordings in the light of recent guidance from the country’s Data Protection Authority (NAIH) … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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South Africa: wage deal after strike threat
The state-owned South African Nuclear Corporation (NECSA) has reached agreement with the Nehawu and Pelindaba Workers Unions … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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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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