Year: 2018

Japan

Japan to introduce and enforce new overtime limits

Update: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has set different compliance deadlines for various requirements of the amended Labor Standards Act. The Japanese government recently issued an outline for legislation to limit overtime hours, which it intends to enact […]

South Africa

South Africa extends scope of parental leave

Update: This bill was signed into law on 23 November 2018, and entered into effect on 1 January 2020. The National Assembly, South Africa’s lower house of Parliament, passed the Labor Laws Amendment Bill B-29-2017 on 28 November 2017. If […]