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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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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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