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Minimum Monthly Wage for 2020 - New Legislation Enacted - On November 21, 2019, the official gazette published Decree-Law No. 167/2019, which increased the minimum monthly wage to € 635,00, effective January 1, 2020....By: Littler

Employers in Puerto Rico Precluded from Using Credit Reports or Credit History for Employment Actions - New Legislation Enacted - On October 8, 2019, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act No. 150 of October 8, 2019, which prohibits...By: Littler

Electronic Labor Books Law Effective January 1, 2020 - New Legislation Enacted - On December 16, 2019, President Putin signed Federal Act No. 436-F3 mandating employers to maintain electronic “labor books” (along with the hard copies) for every...By: Littler

Protection Against Inappropriate Behavior or Abuse at Work - New Legislation Enacted - Ministerial Resolution No. 20912, dated 02/02/1441, approving the protection controls against inappropriate behavior at work applies to any type of behavioral...By: Littler

New Tripartite Advisory on Provision of Rest Areas for Outsourced Workers - New Regulation or Official Guidance - On December 9, 2019, the tripartite partners (i.e., the Ministry of Manpower, National Trade Union Congress, and the Singapore...By: Littler

Workers of Gig-Economy Platforms are Employees, Madrid’s Court of Justice Rules - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On November 27, 2019, the Superior Labor Court of Madrid issued a binding decision on the legal nature of a...By: Littler

Leaked Legal Advice Protected Under Privilege, Court of Appeal Holds - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 22, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that a leaked email, in which in-house counsel told a line manager...By: Littler

Reducing your New Jersey workforce just became more expensive. On January 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170.  This bill radically expands employers’ advance notice and severance pay obligations under the Millville...By: Littler

In Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 2019 SCC 67, one of the last decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in 2019, the court clarified the extent of a federally-regulated employer’s inspection obligations under the...By: Littler

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, the California Supreme Court agreed to review a second case raising questions as to the scope and retroactivity of its landmark 2018 Dynamex decision....By: Littler