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Mandatory Russian Language Test for Labor Migrants (December 31, 2012) by Peter Roudik
Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation
Limits to Be Placed on Contract Labor (November 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On November 15, 2012,
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Support for Single Working Parents (October 12, 2012) by Sayuri Umeda
Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Japan
Supreme Court: Mandatory Early Retirement Constitutes Prohibited Age-Based Discrimination (October 10, 2012) by Ruth Levush
On August 27, 2012,
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Israel
Cabinet Approves Increase in Minimum Hourly Wage (September 28, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Domestic Workers Treaty to Become Effective Next Year (September 06, 2012) by Constance Johnson
The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage (August 13, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Code Amended to Balance Employer-Employee Interests (June 21, 2012) by Sayuri Umeda
Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Vietnam
Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Days (June 18, 2012) by Laney Zhang
On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: China
MOU to Be Signed (May 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
Protests over Deaths of Migrant Workers (May 02, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia / Malaysia
Affirmative Action for Druze in the Public Sector (March 23, 2012) by Ruth Levush
On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Israel
Labor Law to Be Revised (January 25, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Ban on Sending Workers to Malaysia Lifted (December 06, 2011) by Constance Johnson
In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
New Labor Law Extends Notice of Dismissal to Up to 90 Days (October 19, 2011) by Eduardo Soares
On
October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Brazil
New Minimum Wage Proposed (August 05, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin
On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (June 20, 2011) by Ruth Levush
On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Israel
Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect (May 17, 2011) by Laney Zhang
On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong
Court Blocks Deportation of Foreign Workers Who Give Birth (April 22, 2011) by Ruth Levush
On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Israel
Firing of Employee for Surfing on Internet at Work (April 19, 2011) by Theresa Papademetriou
On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Greece
Last updated: December 31, 2012
