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Switzerland Update: Happy Father’s Day – Paternity Leave
In the spirit of equality, the Swiss electorate voted last year in favour of the introduction of paid paternity leave, which came into force on 1 January 2021. This welcome...
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Singapore Employment Update: Establishment of Protection from Harassment Court and a New Simplified Process – June 2021
Updated information regarding the establishment of the Singapore Protection from Harassment Court (“PHC”) from 1 June 2021. Workplace harassment continues to be an issue that employers need to be alert...
read moreGermany Update: Increased due diligence for the benefit of people and the environment – the supply chain law is coming!
After long preparations, the draft law on corporate due diligence in supply chains , the so-called Due Diligence Act , was discussed in the Bundestag on April 22, 2021 (BT-Drs. 19/28649). Following the debate in the Bundestag, the...
read moreTax treaty between Switzerland and Turkey
Tax treaties help to maintain and expand reciprocal direct investment. After decades of negotiations on a double taxation agreement between Switzerland and Turkey, the "Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and...
read morePrimer on doing business in India
India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and the business and regulatory environment is rapidly evolving and improving. Various policy changes and initiatives have transformed India from...
read moreRegulating Startups to Death: The Curious Case Of The Nigerian Regulators.
INTRODUCTION 8 April 2021: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released a circular titled “Proliferation of Unregistered Online Investment and Trading Platforms Facilitating Access to Trading in Securities Listed in...
read moreUS update: Is This the Year the Independent Contractor Wall Comes Tumbling Down?
For more than a decade, a war has been raging between companies and workers who want to utilize an independent contractor relationship on one hand, and labor unions and governments...
read moreGermany Update: News on vacation entitlement with “Short Term Zero Hours Contracts”
As early as May 2020, we reported about vacation entitlements for short-time work. The main topic was the effects of short-time working on vacation entitlements from the current vacation year. According to...
read moreItaly Update: Oral extension of the fixed-term contract
Court of Cassation, Labor Section, Ordinance no. 10870 of 23 April 2021 With an order of 23 April 2021, the Supreme Court of Cassation expressed its opinion on the legitimacy of...
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