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USA: First Midwestern City passes sick-pay law
Although across the US 23 cities, five states and one county have so far passed paid sick-leave laws the City Council of Minneapolis is the first mid-western city to fall in line … Please login to view this content or …
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Oman: Extended breaks to avoid Summer heat
Temperatures in Oman during Summer months frequently rise to over 40 degrees centigrade and this year have begun to reach that level from mid May … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kosovo: Substantial rises in state pension
The Minister for social welfare and labour, Arban Abrashi, has announced that state retirement pensions will be lifted by 33%, backdated to January 2016 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Union membership continues gradual decline
The UK The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has published statistics on trade union membership in 2015 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Philippines: Draft age discrimination law overtaken by new presidency
A draft Anti-Age Discrimination in Employment Act has now passed its third and final reading in the Philippines Senate … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Widening range of work/holiday visas
The Work and Holiday visa programme is an arrangement which Australia has with a number of countries around the world … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Czech Republic: Inflationary minimum wage proposal
After lengthy consultation with both sides of Industry, the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has proposed that the national minimum wage should rise on January 1st 2017 by 11 … Please login to view this content or become …
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Brazil: Increased risks for business travellers and employees
Companies establishing operations in Brazil – or sending staff to the country on business trips this Summer – should take into account the special risks which exist there for personnel … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: The long, hard road to pay parity
The Governor of the State of Maryland has just signed into law one of the toughest and far reaching US equal pay measures … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Europe’s immobile workforce
One of the biggest frustrations for HR in an international company is persuading employees to be geographically mobile … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Sickdays, sick system
The Italian government is planning to introduce a number of measures to combat absenteeism, particularly in the public sector … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: The working hour reduction that never happened
Average gross monthly earnings in Taiwan rose over the year to March 2016 by 2% from TWD 43,016 ($US 1,320) to TWD43,880 ($US1,347) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Call for extended parental leave
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of a resolution calling on EU member states to ensure that all working parents are guaranteed four months unpaid parental leave and to encourage more male workers to take the …
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Luxembourg: Wage indexation in next year
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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Global: World Outlook 2016/17
The International Labour Organisation’s has just published its 2016 World Employment Social Outlook … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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