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[Spain] Creation of ‘digital nomad visa’ to attract remote workers

[Spain] Creation of ‘digital nomad visa’ to attract remote workers [Spain] Creation of ‘digital nomad visa’ to attract remote workers

The new Spanish visa for remote workers has been created for foreign employees from Non-European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
13 Dec 2021
[UK] 208 employers ‘named and shamed’ for minimum wage failures

[UK] 208 employers ‘named and shamed’ for minimum wage failures [UK] 208 employers ‘named and shamed’ for minimum wage failures

The 208 employers were found to have failed to pay their workers £1.2 million in a clear breach of National...
10 Dec 2021
[Croatia] EU council agrees position on two pay-related draft laws

[Croatia] EU council agrees position on two pay-related draft laws [Croatia] EU council agrees position on two pay-related draft laws

The proposal on pay transparency is intended to help tackle existing pay discrimination at work and close the gender pay...
10 Dec 2021
[Portugal] Post-work email ban is a gift for startups

[Portugal] Post-work email ban is a gift for startups [Portugal] Post-work email ban is a gift for startups

This is part of Portugal’s strategy to reform its labour practices, following the COVID era shift to remote work; an...
08 Dec 2021
[UK] Tiger Global and Avid Ventures lead $35m investment in London payroll solution

[UK] Tiger Global and Avid Ventures lead $35m investment in London payroll solution [UK] Tiger Global and Avid Ventures lead $35m investment in London payroll solution

The company has not revealed the valuation at which either round was raised, saying only that its current valuation is...
08 Dec 2021
[UK] Government confirms strategy for modernisation of R&D tax credits

[UK] Government confirms strategy for modernisation of R&D tax credits [UK] Government confirms strategy for modernisation of R&D tax credits

It has been confirmed that data and cloud computing costs will become a valid cost category for R&D expenditure.
07 Dec 2021
[UK] Lowest paid workers earn just one-fifth of executives’ incomes

[UK] Lowest paid workers earn just one-fifth of executives’ incomes [UK] Lowest paid workers earn just one-fifth of executives’ incomes

Many workers in the lowest-paid professions have also seen their incomes and livelihoods worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
02 Dec 2021
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