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[India] Workplaces where women work nights must provide creche and canteen

[India] Workplaces where women work nights must provide creche and canteen [India] Workplaces where women work nights must provide creche and canteen

To ensure a safer working environment for female employees, new labour rules being finalised by the Centre will mandate that...
25 Nov 2020
[Northern Mariana Islands] New bill removes cannabis from pre-employment test

[Northern Mariana Islands] New bill removes cannabis from pre-employment test [Northern Mariana Islands] New bill removes cannabis from pre-employment test

In early November, Jude U Hofschneider - Vice President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate - pre-filed a bill to...
19 Nov 2020
[Thailand] Survey projects 2021 salary increase despite COVID-19 crisis

[Thailand] Survey projects 2021 salary increase despite COVID-19 crisis [Thailand] Survey projects 2021 salary increase despite COVID-19 crisis

A new survey projects that salaries in Thailand will increase in 2021 despite the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Nov 2020
[Japan] Firms reconsider demand for resumes to specify gender

[Japan] Firms reconsider demand for resumes to specify gender [Japan] Firms reconsider demand for resumes to specify gender

There may soon be a change to the requirement by many of Japan's firms for job applicants to indicate their...
17 Nov 2020
[Jakarta] Minimum wage increase for some businesses

[Jakarta] Minimum wage increase for some businesses [Jakarta] Minimum wage increase for some businesses

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is set to increase minimum wages for select businesses in 2021 despite a government circular advising against...
16 Nov 2020
[Australia] SG botched by government agency

[Australia] SG botched by government agency [Australia] SG botched by government agency

A government agency has botched superannuation benefit payments spanning a decade, with misinterpretations and errors reportedly affecting more than 56,000...
16 Nov 2020
[Indonesia] Labour unions staging further rallies against Job Creation Law

[Indonesia] Labour unions staging further rallies against Job Creation Law [Indonesia] Labour unions staging further rallies against Job Creation Law

On November 2 thousands of workers, from several Indonesian labour confederations, staged another round of nationwide protests against the controversial...
04 Nov 2020
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