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    07/03/2024
    Sudáfrica

    An Increase in the BCEA Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage

    On 5 March 2024, the Department of Employment of Labour (“DEL”) published a government gazette providing for an increase of the earnings threshold in terms of section 6(3) the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (“BCEA”).  This represents a 5,5% increase from the previous threshold of R241,110.59 per annum to R254,371.67 per annum (being R21,197.63 per month). This increase will take effect from 1 April 2024.For those employers who pay employees at or around the earnings threshold, it is important for such employers to review such employees’...
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    05/03/2024
    United Kingdom

    ‘Many – or even most – firms have some wage-setting power’: the CMA’s report on competition and market power in UK labour markets

    The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) new Microeconomics Unit has recently published a flagship report: Competition and market power in UK labour markets, which takes a ‘deep dive’ into key trends in the UK labour market, focusing on the impact of competition and employer market power. This is the first report of its kind in the UK and comes at a time when scrutiny of competition in labour markets is emerging as a key enforcement priority for the CMA.The report highlights the importance of well-functioning labour markets for productivity; where workers are able...
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    04/03/2024
    Turquía

    A new era in Sustainability Reporting in Türkiye

    Türkiye has recently taken a major step towards mandatory corporate sustainability reporting. The Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standards (“TSRS”) were published in the official gazette on 29 December 2023 by the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority (“Authority”) (Kamu Gözetimi, Muhasebe ve Denetleme Standartları Kurumu). Sustainability reporting became mandatory for companies and financial institutions exceeding the thresholds set in the TSRS as of 1 January 2024.Türkiye has been slow to adopt sustainable practices in corporate...
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    01/03/2024
    Alemania

    Blog Q&A Four-day work week

    This article provides answers to the most frequently asked questions on the four-day work week (here: reducing working hours by 20% with the same pay).A pilot study is being conducted in Germany from 1 February 2024 until 31 July 2024 to test introducing a four-day work week where the working hours are reduced by 20% while the salary remains the same. Implementing a four-day week also has an impact on employment law issues, the most common of which are highlighted below:Is it possible to simply introduce a four-day work week at any time?Introducing a four-day work week basically falls under the...
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    29/02/2024
    República Checa

    New directive on pay transparency

    GB CZ
    On 24 April 2023, two years after the first proposal was submitted, the Council of the European Union adopted Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms ("the Directive"). Member States now have approximately two and a half years to bring into force the national legislation necessary to comply with the Directive by 7 June 2026 at the latest.The main reason for the adoption of the Directive...
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    14/02/2024
    República Checa

    Are you a construction company and do you use subcontractors to complete your contracts?

    GB CZ
    From January, you are responsible for the wages of their employees.From 1 January 2024, contractors are legally liable for the wage claims of their subcontractors' employees (including "contractors") when performing construction contracts. The legislator has thus strengthened the position of employees in the construction industry.The change affects all construction entrepreneurs (entrepreneurs with a trade licence to carry out construction or assembly work) that work on a contract involving construction, alteration of construction, maintenance of construction or demolition, and use subcontractors...
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