Poland: Amendments To The Labour Code

An amendment to Poland’s Labour Code regarding changes in the organization of employee working time will come into force on 23 August 2013. The new regulations introduce changes that have been long-awaited by employers with regard to the organization of employee working time.
The changes involve in particular:

the extension of the settlement period to 12 months,
the obligation to determine the distribution of working time,
the introduction of flexible working hours,
the treatment of the time involved in […]

By | August 28th, 2013 ||

Australia: Recent changes to the Fair Work Act

Several important changes were made to the Fair Work Act with effect from 1 July 2013. Others have been legislated to take effect from 1 January 2014. As a result, employers wanting to keep up with (or ahead of!) their statutory obligations should be looking now at their policies and processes relating to a range of matters.
Key points

The National Employment Standards have been changed, effective from 1 July, in relation to various parental leave entitlements and requests for […]

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Workplace Policy Institute – A Special Labor Day 2013 Report: Is Labor Poised For Rebirth?

In July 2013, the AFL-CIO released a report in advance of its annual convention that provides a blueprint of how the labor movement intends to reinvent itself.  The document –  Interim Report to the AFL-CIO Executive Council on AFL-CIO Pre-Convention Outreach and Engagement – discusses the organization’s many outreach efforts, and how it plans to evolve and adapt to combat waning membership.

The release of the union’s report coincides with significant executive-level appointments to federal agencies […]

By | August 28th, 2013 ||