German employment law will introduce new legislation bringing numerous changes in 2024 that HR managers should be aware of.
The factors for calculating the levels in the social insurance system were adjusted on 1 January 2024. You can find the current rates and limits here. The statutory minimum wage
Termination in case of the threat of taking sick leave
Employees who respond to an instruction by their employer with the threat of taking sick leave can be dismissed without notice. It is irrelevant whether the employee actually falls ill later or whether the instruction by the employer was unlawful. In a recent decision, the Higher Labor Court Rhineland-Palatinate (LAG Rhineland-Palatinate, 21.7.2020 – 8 Sa 430/19) has once again confirmed the previous ruling of the Federal Labour Court.
As he heads into the final year of his presidency, and in the face of continued Congressional impasse, President Obama continues to exercise his executive authority to issue directives targeting the federal contractor workforce.
A new executive order requires that federal contractors offer employees up to seven days of paid sick leave. Eligible employees will
The California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“the Act”) went into effect on January 1, 2015, but its key accrual and use provisions became effective on July 1. On July 13, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 304, amending California’s Sick Leave law to make immediate changes. Those amendments state:
This article was written by Amelia Berman, an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
While countries in the northern hemisphere are currently enjoying their long summer holidays, we South Africans are facing a cold (and unusually wet) winter wishing that we could borrow a practice from the United Kingdom and the United States and