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Costa Rica: Overhaul of the Labour Code
In spite of past opposition from Costa Rica’s former President, Laura Chinchilla, a widescale review of Costa Rica’s labour laws has now been completed and amendments approved by the national parliament … Please login to view this content or become …
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United Kingdom: No to banker bonus caps in smaller institutions
Both the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have informed the European Banking Authority that they will not comply with its requirements and apply caps on banker bonuses in smaller institutions from January 1st 2017 … Please login …
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Japan: Large companies agreeing to pay increases
Although price levels remain virtually static in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pressing for even small rises in spending power as a way to boost the country’s lacklustre economy … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Cuba: Higher than expected rise in average salaries
It is always difficult to determine the truth behind news reports from government statements in planned economies like Cuba … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Migrant workers contribute to growing trade union membership
China’s growing trade union movement is being largely fed by a high take-up amongst migrant workers entering major cities from often distant rural areas … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Bulgaria: Additional employer social security burden rejected
A proposal put before the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation to make employers fully responsible for the payment of social security in Bulgaria has been defeated … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: Court upholds right to earned discretionary bonus
The High Court in Ireland has ruled that a discretionary bonus must be paid once the qualifying period of employment to which it relates has been completed, even if the bonus scheme is subsequently withdrawn before the payment date … …
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Italy: Increasing use of job vouchers as payment for work
There is increasing controversy over the use of job vouchers as payment for a broad range of positions throughout the private sector in Italy … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Countries fail to open the profession of Notary to foreign nationals
The European Commission is taking the Czech and Hungarian governments to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) because they refuse to open up the profession of Notary to foreign nationals … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Ecuador: Labour reforms submitted to parliament
A proposed labour reform submitted by President Rafael Correa has begun its passage through the unicameral Ecuador parliament … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Taiwan: Relaxation of rules on night work for new mothers
Rules which restricted the right of new mothers to work at night have now been relaxed in Taiwan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Recovery plan fails to gain full union backing
A government plan to pull Finland’s ailing economy away from the brink of a downward spiral has come adrift after several leading labour unions refused to endorse it … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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China: Labour Contract Law blamed for economic slow-down
Recent critical remarks by China’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Security and also its Finance Minister reveal deep concerns in the government about the strangling effect on the economy caused by the 2007 Labour Contract Law … Please login …
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Australia: Private health insurance premiums to increase less than last year
The escalating cost of private health insurance in Australia had led Health Minister Sussan Ley to intervene in order to limit increased profit taking by insurers in the sector … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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South Korea: Plans to abolish mental health discrimination
The Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced that it will be introducing a number of legal and procedural reforms to remove the disadvantage faced by mentally disabled people when seeking insurance and employment … Please login to view …
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