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Newswire 02/11/2021

US Update: Education Agreements Can Aid Employers Hiring Inexperienced Workers

Employers are getting desperate to find employees, so much so that they are foregoing some of the requirements that they used to have for positions. In some cases, instead of...

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Newswire 29/10/2021

New Zealand Update: Court of Appeal reverses holiday pay decision

The Court of Appeal has overturned the Employment Court’s decision in relation to whether short-term incentive (STI) payments need to be taken into account when determining an employee’s holiday pay....

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Newswire 26/10/2021

New Korean Supreme Court Decision on Annual Leave

On October 14, 2021, the Supreme Court resolved the question of how much unused annual leave an employee must be compensated for after serving a single one-year fixed term: the...

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Newswire 25/10/2021

Germany Update: Shaking the probative value of a certificate of incapacity for work

It is not uncommon for employees to present the employer with a certificate of incapacity for work (AU certificate) that extends to the end of the notice period at the...

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Newswire 21/10/2021

Switzerland Update: How to create better shareholders’ agreements—a lawyer’s perspective

A lawyers view with Christian Wyss. Christian, what are the topics with the most conflict potential in a shareholders’ agreement (SHA)?  Let me start with the “double trouble” topics that...

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Newswire 20/10/2021

UK Update: Menopause in the workplace: making small changes to support your star players

It’s been nearly two and half years since I first wrote about the legal remedies available for those suffering from the menopause; triggered by my own curiosity as a woman...

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Newswire 19/10/2021

Bank of Thailand Issues Data Governance Guidance for Financial Institutions

In September 2021, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) issued its Guidelines on Data Governance to provide financial institutions with recommendations on how to ensure that their data governance will be...

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Newswire 18/10/2021

NEW ZEALAND MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

WHAT'S ON THE BLOCK    Major waste management business Iconic NZ food manufacturer Manufacturing business SaaS Carbon and Utilities Management Construction business Rural business Engineering business  B2B businesses OVERSEAS INVESTMENT...

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Newswire 15/10/2021

Thailand Updates Draft Royal Decree on Digital Platforms in Response to Feedback

In September 2021, Thailand’s Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) issued an updated draft royal decree for digital platforms—a potentially far-reaching royal decree that was the subject of a public hearing in...

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