On 9 June 2021 Japan promulgated the "Act for Partial Amendments to the Act on Child Care Leave, Family Care Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members and the Employment Insurance Act.
It ensures hourly wages for California’s garment workers in lieu of piece-rate pay, which often amounts to wages well below the state’s $14 minimum wage.
The new law makes California the first state to require hourly wages for garment workers.
Law no. 125 of 16 September 2021, converting the Law Decree n. 103/2021, introduced a series of urgent provisions for job protection.
For 2021, ten million euros have been allocated to the activation of services for the professional outplacement of employees of companies that have been placed in bankruptcy proceedings, in extraordinary administration, or of workers who have been placed in redundancy fund for dismissal.
On 10 August 2021, Colombia issued Law n. 2141, establishing the paternity protection against dismissal and amending Article 239 and 240 of the Colombian Labour Code.
Law 2121, enacted on 3 August 2021, is the first Law in Colombia regarding remote work.
On 5 May 2021, the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (‘NY Hero Act’) was passed, which requires private employers to adopt workplace health and safety measures to protect employees against exposure and infection during a declared airborne disease outbreak.
A Swedish and Danish proposal on a ‘social partners option’ to the minimum-wage directive to unblock negotiations while protecting well-functioning collective bargaining systems.
New Ways of Working is a new comparative reference tool developed by International Employment Lawyer,providing information on key employment and compliance topics (such as vaccinations, legislation on remote work and social relations) in 20 countries around the world.
It enables multinational employers to compare different legal systems and their approach to the pandemic and new ways of working that recently developed.
On September 2021, the Government released for consultation its proposals (“Making Flexible Working the Default”) for strengthening flexible working rights.
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