This first edition of 2022 kicks off with a brief analysis of the latest Guidance Paper from the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) on what employers need to know about vaccination and prevention related to Covid-19.
Compulsory vaccination mandates in New York and in Peru are assessed in this edition, together with the certification of one of the first class actions on pandemic-related dismissals by the British Columbia Supreme Court in Canada.
A consolidation of new ways of working and digitalisation, as detailed in a recently released Eurofond report, is reviewed.
Remote working is creating new tax issues as revealed in an article on taxation agreements between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands of cross-border workers forced to work from home. A European Parliament agreement is analysed in this issue, examining the new rules on European Union (EU) workers access to social security benefits when living in another EU country.
The section on national developments in this edition looks at the major labour reforms adopted over the past several years in Spain, along with modernisation efforts in Chile of the Labour Department through the integration of new technologies and the digitalisation of certain procedures.
A court decision in Belgium affirming that couriers are self-employed, is reviewed within the wider context of the ongoing debate on the issue of the presumption of subordination of this category of workers.
National developments covered in this issue come from Ireland, where a recent decision broadens the scope of the concept of protected disclosure in the workplace; South Africa’s proposed new wage policy; and Viet Nam with an assessment of labour market trends there.
We also review implementation of the Fair Pay Agreements in New Zealand and BusinessNZ’decision to refuse to be the official Government’s partner in the process.
This edition concludes with an employer initiative to allow his employees to work outside their country of residence for six weeks a year.