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New remote working legislation around the world [Updated]

With the rise of technology, work from home has been a steadily growing trend for many years. Remote working has exploded since Spring 2020 with quarantines, workplace closures and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least for jobs and industries that do not always require workers to be on-site.

This abrupt worldwide shift to remote work has sparked new logistical and structural legal challenges that have warranted many countries to pass teleworking legislation, some of which are summarized in this article.

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Taiwan enhances parental leave benefits

The government of Taiwan passed legislation enhancing parental leave policies by: Adding more flexibility to the parental leave benefit  Extending leave for pregnancy checkups Increasing the parental leave allowance paid The changes entered into effect on 1 July 2021. Key […]