Beginning 1 January 2019, the qualifying period of the “30 percent ruling,” which allows expatriate employees a tax-free allowance or a reimbursement of 30 percent of their employment income, will be shortened from eight to five years. The amendment will […]
The National Assembly of Kuwait has passed an early retirement law granting full social security retirement benefits to insured men who have worked for 30 years and women who have worked for 25 years, regardless of their age. The law […]
On 13 July 2018, the Italian Government passed the “Dignity Decree,” which was converted into law No. 96/2018 on 11 August 2018. The key changes include: The maximum length of fixed-term contracts decreased from 36 months to 24 months with […]
On 20 July 2018, an update of mortality reference tables (Heubeck 2018 G), were released by Heubeck AG – the firm that has published mortality tables used for the valuation of German pension obligations since 1948. The report shows lower […]
Updated 4 September 2019 The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is currently being discussed by the South African Parliament’s health portfolio committee before being published for public comment. Interested parties will have until 11 October 2019 to make written submissions […]
The government of Egypt has introduced a new labor law providing greater job security and employment rights protections for private sector and nongovernmental organization employees. The proposed law amends several labor laws, including the current labor code (Law No.12 of […]
On 3 August 2018, the Chinese State Council published a circular abolishing 11 administrative licenses including the employment permit requirements for residents of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (THKM). To facilitate employment processes, a work permit will no longer be […]
The Austrian parliament passed a new law regulating working time in July 2018. The law gives businesses more flexibility by extending the existing maximum working time (including overtime) from 10 to 12 hours per day and from 50 to 60 […]
New legislation that took effect at the end of January 2018 requires bargaining representatives to disclose to employees in detail any personal financial benefits arising from enterprise agreements before they are voted on. Noncompliance with the new disclosure requirement could […]
Ministerial Resolution No. 31 of 2018 allowed national and foreign employees to take several part-time jobs within the 48-hours-per-week limit. Permission from the original employer to take another part-time job is no longer required. Employers cannot use noncompete clauses or […]