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United Kingdom: Construction industry unions reject pay deal
Employers represented by the UK Construction Industries Joint Council have made an offer of a 3 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Thailand: More highly-skilled workers needed
The National Chamber of Commerce in Thailand has made representations to the government over its concern about the low levels of highly-skilled workers in the economy … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Latest statistics on resource productivity
The European Union has published its latest figures on resource productivity … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Chile: Social security contributions to be required of independent contractors
The use of independent contractors in Chile will become significantly more expensive from 2018 when such workers will, for the first time, be legally required to pay contributions to a pension fund as well as workers’ compensation and health insurances …
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Hungary: Unpopular Sunday trading restrictions could be removed
According to opinion polls, a Sunday trading ban introduced in Hungary in March 2015 remains highly unpopular … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Gender pay reporting to become a more frequent obligation
From January 1st 2017 companies in Sweden will be obliged to report salary statistics broken down by gender to the national statistical agency, Statistics Sweden, every year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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United Kingdom: Opening up reward systems to the scrutiny of rivals
A brief consultation has just closed on the UK’s gender pay gap reporting regulations … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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South Korea: Pay deals lower in wake of faltering economy
Although the annual rate of consumer price inflation fell from 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sweden: Latest on the current wage round
Three-year wage agreements for over two million Swedish workers are due for renewal by the end of April … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Portugal: Cancelled public holidays reinstated
On March 18th a Decree was enacted in Portugal reinstating four public holidays that were temporarily removed as part of austerity measures in 2012 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Increase in hourly labour costs Q4 2015
Hourly labour costs rose in the European Union by 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Latin America: Tax revenues remain below OECD average
According to latest figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the average tax take in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was just 21 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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India: Wage deal reached at Honda plant
A new collective agreement has been concluded for the Honda Motorcycle and Scooter plant in Manesar … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Australia: Anti-bribery amendments – turning a blind eye no longer an option
Two new offences of false accounting have been introduced to Australia’s Federal Criminal Code in an attempt to prevent companies from bribing foreign government officials and to make enforcement of such offences easier … Please login to view this content …
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Global: Survey on employee attitudes towards data security in the workplace
A recent six-country survey of white-collar employees in large companies carried out on behalf of SailPoint has found that although 85% of employees would react negatively if their personal data was compromised by their company, two-thirds used a common password …
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