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Switzerland Update: Basel-Stadt introduces a statutory minimum wage
UPDATE: The Government Council has put the Basel-City Minimum Wage Act and the associated ordinance into force on 1 July 2022. From this date, employers will have to pay their...
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THE PASSING OF EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021: THREATS TO LABOUR DEMAND IN MALAYSIA?
To be in tandem with international labour standards and practices, the Dewan Rakyat passed the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2021 on 21 March 2022, welcoming the significant increase of maternity leave...
read moreNew UK immigration routes
Potential changes to some of the business immigration routes were signaled when the UK Government published its Build Back Better: our plan for growth report in March 2021. The Statement of Changes...
read moreGermany Update: Keep an eye out when exchanging employee data in the Group!
Within corporations, employee data is regularly exchanged. This is often useful and necessary. But this data processing also has clear legal limits. In a judgment of December 2021, the LAG...
read moreSwitzerland Update: Adoption Leave
In the case of an adoption, both parents are currently not entitled to legally regulated leave or compensation for the time when the adopted child is initially settling-in to the...
read moreUS Employment Law Update: Why Will Smith’s Oscar Slap Matters – Disability Discrimination Revisited
We all saw it live or on social media – Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during an Oscars on-stage moment that was unforgettable. Smith reacted to a joke that Rock...
read moreIndia Update: M&A trends in 2021 and the outlook for 2022
M&A activity worldwide has seen a year-on-year rise due to a myriad of factors, including, relaxed regulatory scrutiny, reduced operating costs, and beneficial tax regimes. The disruption caused by the...
read moreIndonesia Social Security Program: Mandatory Contributions in 2022
In general, all employees in Indonesia, including expatriates who work for a minimum of six months in the country, must participate in and make contributions to the National Social Security...
read moreGermany Update: Crediting of other earnings in the event of irrevocable exemption
The question of crediting other earnings in the event of irrevocable leave of absence of the employee often occurs in practice. Such a case was also the basis of the judgment...
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