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[Poland] Robots replace people in the wake of minimum wage rises [Poland] Robots replace people in the wake of minimum wage rises

Henryk Kaminski from the Kon-Plast plastics factory at Stare Miasto, near Konin in central Poland, has responded to the minimum...
28 Jan 2020

[Spain] 5.5% minimum wage increase announced to redress inequality [Spain] 5.5% minimum wage increase announced to redress inequality

The wage raise forms part of the left-wing coalition's initiative to see the net minimum wage grow to 60 per...
27 Jan 2020

[UK] Harassment and Sexual Harassment at Work: Technical Guidance for Employers [UK] Harassment and Sexual Harassment at Work: Technical Guidance for Employers

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued guidance on sexual harassment and other forms of harassment that employers should be...
21 Jan 2020

[UK] Scottish Independence: Johnson Rejects Sturgeon's “Indyref2” Demand [UK] Scottish Independence: Johnson Rejects Sturgeon's “Indyref2” Demand

On the 19th of December 2019, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon formally wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request the...
19 Jan 2020

[UK] Agent Update (Self-Assessment Edition) [UK] Agent Update (Self-Assessment Edition)

On the 2nd of January 2020, HMRC made available in a timely way the Self-Assessment edition of the Agent Update.  This is...
17 Jan 2020

[UK] Power sharing returns to Northern Ireland [UK] Power sharing returns to Northern Ireland

In January 2017, devolution in Northern Ireland collapsed when Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness recognised as deputy first minister.  This was...
17 Jan 2020