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Mexico’s 12 Percent Wage Hike Comes Into Effect January 1, 2025

The right to a minimum wage sufficient to meet the basic needs of workers is enshrined in the Mexican Constitution. Minimum wages in the country are set on a daily basis, ensuring workers receive a set amount for each day...more

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The UK Employment Rights Bill: Pro-worker and Pro-business?

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The UK Government has published the much anticipated Employment Rights Bill. Dubbed the “biggest shake-up in UK employment law in over 30 years", the Bill proposes numerous reforms that will impact both employers and...more

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Struggling to keep up with all the closing loopholes reforms?

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The last two years has seen multiple rounds of changes to employment, industrial and safety laws at federal and state level in Australia....more

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Annahmeverzugslohn: Nur noch stumpfes Schwert im Kündigungsschutzprozess?

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Geht der Kündigungsschutzprozess für den Arbeitgeber verloren, freuen sich viele Arbeitnehmer auf die rückwirkende Auszahlung des ausstehenden Gehalts: Sie fordern Annahmeverzugslohn. Dabei vergessen sie oft, dass auf den...more

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Reforms to Puerto Rico’s Labor Law Declared Null and Void Ab Initio

On March 3, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain, presiding over Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy, issued an opinion declaring Act 41-2022 (Act No. 41) null and void ab initio. Law 41-2022 Amendments - Act No....more

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German Employment Law - Most Important Changes for 2022

2022 has several changes in store for employment law. We outline the top 10 of the most important changes in our Insight. 1. Special regulations on COVID-19 in 2022 The so-called "Corona bonus" of EUR 1,500.00, which can be...more

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Littler Global Guide - Saudi Arabia - Q4 2021

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Penalties for Dealing with Illegal Expatriates - New Legislation Enacted - Ministerial Decision No. 3329/1435 has been updated to provide that in instances where an individual employer permits their employees to work for...more

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Littler Global Guide - Singapore - Q4 2021

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Effective November 1, 2021, an employer is required to notify the Ministry of Manpower if it retrenches even a single employee. Prior to November 1, the notification requirement was triggered only if five or more employees...more

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Littler Global Guide - Spain - Q4 2021

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Labor Reform - New Legislation Enacted - Law 32/2021 of December 28, published on December 30, 2021, provides urgency measures for labor reform, the guarantee of employment stability, and the transformation of the labor...more

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Paid Sick Leave Updates in Canada

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Eligible Workers in British Columbia Entitled to Five Days of Paid Sick Leave Beginning January 1, 2022 - On November 24, 2021, British Columbia announced that beginning January 1, 2022, workers covered by the province’s...more

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Abschluss der Koalitionsverhand-lungen – Erste Übersicht über die Vorhaben im Arbeitsrecht

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SPD, FDP und Grüne haben eine Einigung über den Koalitionsvertrag erzielt. Das am Mittwoch, den 24. November 2021 veröffentlichte Regelwerk bekennt sich zu einem modernen, sozialen und nachhaltigen Staat und enthält konkrete...more

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Ontario, Canada Proposes Minimum Wage Rate Increases Effective January 1, 2022

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Provincial minimum wage rates were increased to their current rates on October 1, 2021.  Just one month later, on November 2, 2021, Ontario announced that because the cost of living has increased considerably due to the...more

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Canada: $15 per Hour Federal Minimum Wage Will Take Effect December 2021

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A new federal minimum wage of $15 per hour applicable to federally regulated employees in the private sector was included in the Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1. ...more

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[Webinar] Mexican Government Challenges Employee Insourcing and Outsourcing Structures - December 15th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

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Mexico’s president sent a bill to the Congress of the Union proposing amendments to insourcing and outsourcing structures of several key employment and tax laws. These amendments would cause several commonly used structures...more

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Vietnam Introduces New Labor Code With Significant Employment Law Reforms

The National Assembly of Vietnam adopted a new Labor Code (No. 45/2019/QH14) on 20 November 2019 (the New Labor Code), which becomes effective 1 January 2021....more

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Littler Global Guide - Canada - Q4 2019

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Ontario: Bill 124, for a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations, Enacted - New Legislation Enacted - On November 7, 2019, the Ontario government passed Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for...more

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Employment News: discrimination, strikes, Queen's speech

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Coming clean – false reason for dismissal shifted burden of proof - In Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi the Court of Appeal confirmed that giving a false reason for dismissal and persisting with it was enough to shift the...more

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Approval of Labor Reform: Labor Justice Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

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As part of the international commitments recently assumed by Mexico, on April 29, 2019, the Chamber of Senators approved the Bill through which Several Provisions of the Federal Labor Law and certain secondary laws in matters...more

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