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EU should allow cross-border scheme passporting
Professional Pensions - Sebastian Cheek - ‎Nov 11, 2010‎
Cross-border passporting of schemes should be allowed between EU countries with similar social and labour law and pension systems, ...

Employee can claim compensation if fired while on annual leave
Khaleej Times - ‎Nov 1, 2010‎
Q) What is the method for calculating normal overtime as per the UAE Labour Law? A) As per the UAE Labour Law, if the nature of the job requires overtime, ...

Termination for breach of duty and poor performance
International Law Office - ‎Nov 3, 2010‎
However, while in situations where an employee has not been paid it is usually easy to terminate the contract, German labour law renders it difficult for an ...

File a police complaint if a cheque is lost
Khaleej Times - ‎Nov 21, 2010‎
Q) Are UAE Labour Law for end of service benefits applicable to JAFZA employees as well, or do we have a different set of labour laws for JAFZA? ...

Poorly written contracts can lead to construction delays
Daily Commercial News - Dan O'Reilly - ‎Nov 22, 2010‎
They may also contain clauses which give the project consultant a deadline for responding to the contractor's request for site instructions. ...

Target the waste in health care
Windsor Star - Tullio DiPonti - ‎Nov 16, 2010‎
Hospital employees in Ontario are covered under the legislation known as the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act. This law makes it illegal for them to ...

Party donors and political apparatchiks appointed working peers
The Guardian - ‎Nov 19, 2010‎
The millionaire car importer Bob Edmiston, who gave £2m to the Tories, the Conservative party treasurer Stanley Fink, and the Labour donor Sir Gulam Noon ...

Thiess suspends managers after spy scandal
The Australian - Natasha Robinson, Hedley Thomas - ‎Nov 18, 2010‎
However, Thiess said the hiring of a consultant to spy on workers, revealed today by The Australian, was done without the knowledge of senior management and ...

18 days on ventilator, woman delivers baby
Times of India - ‎Nov 19, 2010‎
"ARDS is characterised by very low levels of oxygen in the blood due to extensive lung damage," the hospital's consultant intensivist and pulmonologist BY ...

Sir Humphrey clings on to nanny¿s hand
Daily Mail - Quentin Letts - ‎Nov 19, 2010‎
Perhaps he was advised to hire this consultant by Human Resources people trying to create a job for themselves.' Of the new peers named yesterday, ...