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China: Extended weekends
A number of companies in the Jiangxi and Shanxi provinces of China have been considering the introduction of a 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Luxembourg: Wage indexation forecast to trigger
The Grand Duchy’s statistical agency STATEC has issued its price inflation forecasts for the coming year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: No vacancy necessary for discrimination to be construed
It has long been a reasonable and virtually self-evident defence in many jurisdictions that an employee could not claim discrimination for denial of promotion if there were no suitable vacancies available … Please login to view this content or become …
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USA/Canada: Falling labour productivity produces different outcomes
An increasing gap is opening up between the labour performance of Canada and the USA, but only thanks to a decline in the exchange rate between the Canadian and US dollars … Please login to view this content or become …
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United Kingdom: Real employee absence trends
The origin of the term “lies, damn lies and statistics” is lost in the mists of time, but if written today it would be best end … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Switzerland: Swiss reject income for all
77% of those voting in last weekend’s referendum opposed a proposal for all Swiss residents to be given a guaranteed income, whether or not they were employed … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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South East Asia: Proposed common minimum wage
The Vice President of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, has called for the establishment of a common minimum wage across member states of ASEAN to prevent “unhealthy competition” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Hot weather allowance
In the Chinese province of Guangdong a special employee allowance of 150 Yuan ($US22 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Non-compete agreement shortens protection period
A revised national collective agreement on non-compete agreements negotiated by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services is now in force … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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China: Minimum wages rise in seven administrative areas (June 2016)
Seven Chinese provinces/municipalities have just announced minimum wage increases … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Chile: Increase in spending power for manufacturing employees
Over the year to March 2016 average basic manufacturing sector earnings in Chile rose by 6 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Denmark: A popular share scheme for companies to avoid
Companies in Denmark may wish to take advantage of a new legal framework for employee share ownership that will come into effect on July 1st 2016 under s … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Jersey: Law on Age Discrimination
Age discrimination regulations will come into force in the UK’s semi-autonomous, Channel Islands bailiwick of Jersey on September 1st 2016, but subject to a two-year transition for certain provisions … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Estonia: Bid to attract foreign workers and investors
Unlike many other European countries the population of the Baltic state of Estonia has been shrinking for many years … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Leave to care for sick parents
The provincial government in the central Chinese Province of Henan has approved a new regulation requiring companies to permit employees who are single offspring to take up to 20 days off work per year to care for sick parents … …
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