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US Update: Five Steps Employers Should Take In the Second Year Of the COVID-19 Pandemic
For the past year, employers faced unprecedented difficulties as they navigated the twists, turns and ever-present challenges the COVID-19 pandemic dished out. A year later, new challenges face employers. The...
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Japan Update: Amendment of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons
The amended “Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons” (the “Act,” and the Act after amendment is referred to as the “Amended Act”) will become effective on April 1,...
read moreSwitzerland Update: Electronic Signatures in Employment Law
The digitalisation of the work environment offers many new technical possibilities. One of these is the signing of documents with the help of new tools that generate electronic signatures. In...
read moreLockdown redundancies found to be unjustified
Solly’s Freight (1987) Limited (SFL) applied for the wage subsidy on 25 March. SFL was anticipating it would be significantly affected by the lockdown. The managing director had already requested...
read moreNew Zealand Update: Fair Pay Agreements
The Government has announced that Fair Pay Agreement legislation will be introduced later this year. This could have significant effects on employers, employees, and the labour market generally. Fair Pay...
read moreEmployee-Inventor Remuneration Requirements in Thailand and Vietnam
In view of today’s knowledge-based economies and accelerating technological developments, intellectual property (“IP”) is increasingly often the most valuable asset of a company. Accordingly, most savvy companies pay particular attention...
read moreGermany Update: Employee participation in the start-up: ESOP, vESOP, Phantom Shares?
The issue of employee participation is not only important for capital market-oriented companies. In their particular situation, start-ups also benefit from the opportunities offered by an employee participation program. However,...
read moreSingapore Update: Employment issues discussed in Budget debate 2021 – March 2021
The first day of the Budget 2021 debate last week saw various labour issues being raised and debated in Parliament, covering several segments of the labour force including older workers,...
read moreSouth Africa Update: Latest amendments to the various national minimum wage rates
On 9 February 2021, the amended national minimum wage rates, set in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act (Act), which will take effect from 1 March 2021, were published...
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