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Germany: VW Pay Deal
The automaker Volkswagen AG has concluded a 20-month pay agreement with the trade union IG Metall covering 120,000 employees in its German operations (Volkswagen Financial Services … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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United Kingdom: Workplace violence remains serious threat
Although the incidence of fatal workplace accidents has halved in the UK over the last twenty years the previous downward trend in non-fatal accidents has come to an end in recent years … Please login to view this content or …
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USA: Civil rights law
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Governor of North Carolina and other officials because the State’s discriminatory new HB2 antigay legislation violates federal civil rights law … Please login to view this content or become a …
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USA: Reasonable accommodation
: The California Court of Appeal has recently established an important precedent by allowing a new interpretation of the term ‘reasonable accommodation’ under the disability provisions of the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act … Please login to view this …
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UAE: Ramadan (2016)
With the start of Ramadan (which begins on June 6th) quickly approaching, employers should be preparing for the reduction in working time required under UAE labour law … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Turkey: Flexible Working
The Turkish parliament has given approval to a draft law that will allow a flexible working relationship to be established through registered temporary work agencies … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Africa: Temporary agency workers
A legal question that often raises its head in different jurisdictions is ‘at what point will a temporary agency worker be regarded as an employee of the end user?’ In a recently-reported South African case the employees concerned claimed under …
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Slovenia: Young workers
The Slovenian government has established a new EU ‘Guarantees for Youth Scheme’ with an annual spend of around 70m euros ($US 79M) over the period 2016 to 2020 … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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New Zealand: Union rights
The stringent nature of labour relations laws in New Zealand were recently illustrated by a fine imposed upon a meat company for reprimanding workers that were distributing union literature in the workplace … Please login to view this content or …
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Italy: Subject access denied
A first instance court in Verona has denied access to a corporate email account by a dismissed employee who was seeking reinstatement … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Working from home
A recent survey report (the Regional Business Barometer Study 2016) reveals how rapidly cloud-based systems are transforming the employment market in Ireland, particularly for smaller companies … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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France: Right to disconnect
The controversial labour reforms currently being debated in the French National Assembly include a ‘right to disconnect’ … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Transgender rights
A labour arbitration panel in Guizhou, China has dismissed a sex discrimination claim by a former transgender employee on the grounds that there was no evidence they had been dismissed because of their sexual orientation … Please login to view …
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Canada: Temporary foreign workers
In Ottowa a specialist federal government committee on human resources, skills and social development has just begun a review of the temporary foreign worker (TFW) programme … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Youth employment programme
The government’s new PaTH youth employment programme is set to be launched soon with employers being offered 1,000 Australian dollars (728 US dollars) for each young person hired as an intern for a 12-week period … Please login to view …
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