Effective since 2nd November 2020, the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, passed the “Omnibus Law” in an attempt to enforce new job creation laws. The amendments were aimed to create more investment and job opportunities by simplifying the process of issuing licenses. The Job Creation Law allows the ease of doing business in Indonesia through streamlined regulations and procedures.
According to the Organic Law of Georgia, all Georgian citizens are equal before the law “regardless of race, color of skin, language, sex, religion, political or other opinions, national, ethnic and social affiliation, origin, property or social status, place of residence or any other characteristics.” The labor code of The Republic of Georgia is a comprehensive, legally binding document that clearly states the scope of the law, what constitutes labor relations, and the framework under which terms and agreements of employment are stated.
Under Romanian law, employers must fulfill certain obligations before contracting with a Romanian or foreign individual. There are mainly two types of employment agreements in Romania regardless of whether the hired individual is a resident or non-resident.
In an address on September 9, 2021, American President Joe Biden announced that the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would develop an emergency rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to produce a negative test at least once a week.
Can you imagine being forced to take 30 days off a year? This country has some of the most generous employee vacation policies, some extending to 5 paid weeks per each year of work!
On August 26, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) jointly released a batch of “model” cases that provide new guidelines for Chinese companies regarding limits on employee overtime.