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The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) issued technical report number DNE-DML-OF-237-2019, on non-recommended Occupations for the categories of "Specific Occupation Worker and Temporary Residency"....By: Dentons

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, enacted December 20, 2019, implements a wide range of changes to longstanding rules. While these changes are not as drastic as prior pieces of legislation, they affect employers...By: Dentons

The National Salary Council unanimously approved the minimum wage increase for private sector employees, valid from January 1 onwards. The general increase percentage for 2020 is 2.53% and 2.33% for domestic service employees....By: Dentons

The Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Gazette on December 27, 2019, which implements changes in relation to statutory maternity benefits. The bill was introduced to the Legislative Council on January 8, 2020...By: Dentons

The recent Italian Tax Decree 2020 (Decree-Law no. 124 of 26 October, 2019, converted into Law no. 157 of 9 December, 2019, containing “Urgent provisions on tax matters and for undeferrable needs”, published in the Official Journal no. 301 of 24...By: Dentons

The recent Tax Decree 2020 (Decree-Law no. 124 of 26 October, 2019, converted into Law no. 157 of 9 December, 2019, containing “Urgent provisions on tax matters and for undeferrable needs”, published in the Official Journal no. 301 of 24 December...By: Dentons

Employment Law Update - On 4 July 2019, the Fair Work Commission announced changes to the annualised salaries provision of the Clerks–Private Sector Award 2010 (Clerks Award) which has the potential to impact hundreds of thousands of clerical...By: Dentons

On December 19, 2019, the Ministry of Economy published the new regulation to the Federal Consumer Protection Law. These new rules are currently in effect and repeal the former 2006 regulation. Up until the issuance of the new regulation, consumers'...By: Dentons

The recent Employment Tribunal decision in Dewhurst and others v. Revisecatch & City Sprint has held that the protections offered to employees by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) are also to be afforded to...By: Dentons

Back in 2016, the government commissioned the Hampton-Alexander Review to address gender inequality at the top levels of some of the UK's largest companies. As a result, they set FTSE350 businesses a target of having women make up 33% of all board...By: Dentons