Employment Equity
Simply defined, employment equity (EE) is the use of hiring policies that encourage fair representation of members of minority groups, women, or other people who suffer discrimination.
The French government has introduced a new immigration bill that could bring about significant changes to France’s immigration rules that could ease visa requirements for foreign professionals.
When it comes to inclusivity and diversity within the workplace, companies operating in India now have to face and adhere to four major recent developments in the country’s employment law.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss, it really is true that a globally expanding employer can pay their employees in any country these days.
For years on end, there has been a wide gender pay gap in Latin American countries. According to research by the World Economic Forum, the gap averages 29.8% in the following countries: Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.
Workers of the MTN Group Ltd. in South Africa intend to go on strike following an unfruitful negotiation between the mobile phone company and a particular labor group.
Compliance with international labor and employment issues has become a concern for more organizations because each country in which they operate has its own labor laws. If organizations want to remain compliant, those laws must be taken seriously and followed.
We no longer live in Charles Dickens’ industrial England when child labor was an accepted part of society and its economy.
Well, sometimes you just might want it to be! A written contract is an agreement with terms documented and delineated on paper at least, if not stone.
While that may have been an effective catchphrase of a certain reality show celebrity, the lack of at-will employment laws outside the U.S. makes it significantly more complicated to process involuntary terminations in other countries.