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Israel: Agreement to increase pension contributions
Several of Israel’s business organisations have reached agreement with the General Federation of Labour over increasing contributions to the national pension fund … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Proposed law permitting discrimination against LGBT individuals passed by Texas Senate
Hard on the heels of a right in Texas to carry an armed pistol into the workplace comes a vote in the Kentucky Senate giving individuals and businesses a ‘licence to discriminate’ against LGBT people … Please login to view …
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Netherlands: Stricter data protection rules introduced
Even though the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations are not yet in force, the Dutch government has moved ahead to introduce more stringent requirements for notification of a security breach and heavier fines for those breaking data protection rules … …
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United Kingdom: Parental leave for grandparents to go to consultation
Consultations will begin in May over the extension of UK parental leave rights to working grandparents by 2018 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Outside salespeople exempt from minimum wage rules
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that outside sales employees must continue being classed as exempt from minimum wage regulations, even when their commission payments are less than the minimum wage level … Please login to view this content or …
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UAE: Ministry gets strict on work permits
Although the UAE has already issued over 250,000 new work permits since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has announced that it will not approve any further permits unless the labour contract exactly matches …
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Zimbabwe: Discussions over Labour Act amendments continue
An adhoc committee of government, business and trade union leaders are currently reviewing a number of proposed amendments to the Zimbabwe Labour Act … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Canada: Government’s on-going legal battle over payment of sick pay during maternity leave
The Federal government in Canada has spent 2 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Portugal: Reinstatement of temporary early retirement rules
On March 9th 2016 Decree-law 10/2016 came into force in Portugal re-establishing temporary early-retirement rules that had been in effect during 2015 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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New Zealand: Significant changes to parental leave and zero-hour contracts
In New Zealand, the Employment Standards Bill has now passed its final reading in parliament and will come into force on April 1st 2016 as previously planned … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Sweden: Labour cost statistics – December 2015
According to Statistics Sweden (SCB), the Swedish Labour Cost Index (AKI) for the private sector in December 2015 was 122 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Sri Lanka: Establishment of national minimum wage
Although wage boards have been in existence in Sri Lanka since 1941, there has — until now — been no universal minimum wage for the private sector as a whole … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Israel: Higher pay increases in IT and communications
In Israel, salaries in the IT and communications sectors rose by 6% in 2015 to an average of 18,400 new Israeli shekel (4,718 US dollars) per month … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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European Union: Tackling Loopholes in the Trade Secrets Directive
Although preliminary agreement was reached between representatives from the principal EU decision making bodies on a Trade Secrets Directive last December, progress has been slow in moving the draft towards formal individual ratification by parliament and the EC Council … …
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South Africa: Court rules on enforceability of non-compete clause following garden leave
A South African Labour Court recently considered for the first time the impact of garden leave on the enforceability of a non-competition clause … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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