British Columbia – Amendments to the Employment Standards Act (Bill 6) New amendments to the British Columbia, Employment Standards Act introduce the following changes beginning 17 May 2018: Parental leave: To be in line with the federal government’s changes to […]
Starting 15 May 2018, businesses in Bulgaria are allowed to adopt electronic record keeping for employees, in accordance with the ordinance on the “Type and Requirements for Creating and Maintaining of Electronic Documents in Employee Record.” Previously, only hard copy […]
The Liberal government of Ontario introduced on 6 March 2018, Bill 203 – Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (PTA) to promote economic gender equality. The proposed legislation requires large and medium-sized employers to report salary ranges to their employees and to […]
Starting 6 April 2019, employers must detail the number of hours worked by an employee on all pay slips in the case of employees who are paid according to time worked.
Equal pay legislation The United Arab Emirates’ Cabinet of Ministers approved the first legislation dedicated to equal pay between men and women. The draft law will enter into force when approved by the UAE Federal National Council. The draft law […]
New amendments to the labor code introduce the following changes beginning 1 May 2018: Increase of additional pay for work on public holidays (from 50 percent to 100 percent of average employee’s earnings), at night (from 20 percent to 40 […]
A new law (Law 7 of 14 February 2018), which enters into force on 16 May 2018, prohibits sexual harassment, bullying, racism and discriminatory practices and requires employers to implement appropriate procedures to process and resolve complaints. Employers should also […]
A new law concerning labor in the private sector (Law No. 85 of 2017) that entered into force on 6 June 2017, clarifies that weekends, public holidays and sick leave should no longer be counted as part of annual holiday. […]
The Italian parliament recently passed law no. 81/2017, also known as the “smart working law.” The new law aims at improving the work-life balance of employees who work remotely from home on a part time or full-time basis. According to […]
The Payment of Gratuity Act 2018, which increases the gratuity limit from INR 1 million to INR 2 million, received Presidential assent on 28 March 2018 and came into force on 29 March 2018. (See also January 2018 alert.)