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Italy: Redundancies confined to single production units
Although Article 5 of Law no … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Turkey: Employers should guard against dismissal based on private communications
A recent case before the Constitutional Court has found that an employer violated their employee’s right to privacy and freedom of communication when they terminated them due to messages on the employee’s mobile phone … Please login to view this …
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Saudi Arabia: Skills evaluation prior to obtaining an entry visa
The professional verification scheme has widened by adding workers from Bangladesh … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Montserrat: Introduction of a minimum wage facility
This island is a British Overseas Territory with one of the smallest populations in the World for one that has its own semi-autonomous legislative assembly (just 4,992 inhabitants). The Labour Code has just been amended to create a facility for
Mexico: Governments team up to identify scam job offers
The growth of fake job offers is now becoming a major problem area, especially for low paid workers seeking opportunities across national borders … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Dominican Republic: Partial amnesty for overstaying on a temporary or residence permit
The Migration General Directorate is offering those whose permits expired three to six years ago a 40% reduction on the statutory fine, and a 50% reduction is being offered where the overstay is longer than 6 years … Please login …
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Qatar: Maintaining social security records
The General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (GRSIA) has emphasized that employers must keep financial, administrative, and legal records of their insured person to serve as a basis for the payment of contributions, the settlement of pensions and insurance benefits …
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USA: Amendments to the New Jersey WARN Act will take effect on 10th April 2023
The amendments were originally passed in January 2020, but implementation delayed because of the pandemic … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Morocco: Decline in female labour force participation
The participation rate has declined from 22% in 2021 to 20% in 2022 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kenya: Employers have no obligation to extend employee contracts after expiry
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an employee on a fixed-term contract had no right to claim unfair dismissal or compensation when their contract came to an end … Please login to view this content or become a member …
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Jordan: Report indicates reasons for poor female workforce participation
The Ministry of Labour has been seeking to investigate why only 14% of adult women in the country are employed, as against 54% of male workers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Israel: Protection against dismissal due to pregnancy becomes broader in scope
A regional Labour Court has found that a female employee was dismissed on grounds of her pregnancy, even though not formally protected by either the Women’s Labour Law or Equal Opportunities in Employment Law … Please login to view this …
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Japan: Honda raises its wage bill by 5%
In order to protect salaries against an inflation rate that rose to 4% year-on-year last December, the company has decided to maintain real income levels, with the greatest proportional increases going to starting salaries … Please login to view this …
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India: ESIC online maternity benefit claim portal launched
Maternity benefit is given to insured and eligible women in the form of cash benefit during the advanced stage of pregnancy and after delivery, or following miscarriage … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Hong Kong: All sick leave certificates issued by the Hospital Authority to go digital from 6th March 2023
As with the manually signed traditional paper medical certificate, the digitally signed medical certificate (commonly known as sick leave certificates, or MCs) will include the patient’s name and the information relevant to the consultation … Please login to view this …
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