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HR e-briefing 398 - The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time

The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down, amongst other things, basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revise...




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HR e-briefing no 424 - swine flu - work in progress?

We received an excellent response to our recent survey concerning employer reaction to swine flu (Full Article



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HR e-briefing no 425 - sickness and holidays - new European ruling could cause problems for employers

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that workers who go on sick leave during a period that has been scheduled as annual leave for the purposes of the Working Time Directive should be allowed to reschedule their holidays, even if that means...




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HR e-briefing 454: EU prompts complete rethink of Working Time Directive

The EU Commission has today taken the first step towards a comprehensive review of the Working Time Directive (WTD). This is despite last year's failure to agree changes to the treatment of on-call time or amendments to the 48 hou...




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 507: Flexible parental leave, working time, equal pay and flexible working - more changes afoot

Today, a consultation has been launched on government plans to: Full Article



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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 511: Bribery Act in force

The Bribery Act 2010 will come in to force this Friday, 1 July 2011. Much has been written about its likely implications. At the start of the debate, it would even be fair to say there was a degree...




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Germany: Transformational New Rules on Hiring Temporary Workers

In Germany, the provision of temporary personnel is strictly regulated by the German Temporary Employment Act (“AÜG”). The principle is straightforward: the agency is the employer and supplies the temporary employees to the hirer. A...




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Tough new fines for breach of data protection law

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, which received royal assent on 8 May 2008, introduces a new section into the Act allowing the IC to impose a fine where there has been a serious breach of the eight data protection 'principles' set out in th...




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Fines for serious data breaches

We have notified you in an earlier e-briefing of additional powers being granted to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to take enforcement action against breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA). A new power to is...




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Adword advertising: first step towards European Court of Justice decision

The Advocate-General (AG) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued his opinion in response to several claims in France against internet giant Google, relating to the operation of its search-related advertising service Adwords. Google's Adw...





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Primoris Services Corp (PRIM) CEO Thomas McCormick on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOSL) CEO Mike Chang on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (PLOW) CEO Robert McCormick on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Great Ajax Corp. (AJX) CEO Lawrence Mendelsohn on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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TopBuild Corp (BLD) CEO Gerald Volas on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Credicorp Ltd (BAP) CEO Walter Bayly on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp (AP) CEO Brett McBrayer on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Inter state travel ban: Kwara police command intercepts lorry with over 200 Almajiris suspects

Kwara state police command was on Saturday intercepted a lorry fully loaded with over 200 young people of Hausa/Fulani extract at the kwara/Niger state border express road said to be coming from Katsina State. The intercepted young people, suspected to be Almajiris was said to be cutoff by the kwara state police command at Kanbi/Oloru […]

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COVID -19 : Minister directs agencies under him to make available research grants for digital solution

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami has directed agencies under the Ministry to make available research grants for the development of digital solutions to COVID 19 and innovative ideas in the post COVID 19 era in the country. Pantami made the remarks during the virtual Final Demo and Prize Giving Day […]

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Islamic leader declares total Support on ban of Almajiri system

….As Forum laments crime rates amdist COVID-19 lockdown in Kaduna, Nigeria Kaduna based Islamic leader, Dr. Imam. Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa has expressed hundreds percent support for the ban on Almajiris systems, saying the system is out of fashion, and could no longer work in North. “it is unfortunate that people could born child that they […]

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Five Star Senior Living Inc. (FVE) CEO Katie Potter on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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CEO hunt for Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan health venture




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Glaukos Corporation (GKOS) Tom Burns on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Health Minister David Clark announces more medicines, vaccines in $160m Pharmac Budget boost

Health Minister David Clark has rejected claims he and other Government ministers have been "gagged", as he fronted today to announce a $160 million boost to Pharmac health spending.An email from the Prime Minister's office, obtained...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: What would a transtasman bubble look like?

Australians and New Zealanders who are desperate to escape to each other's countries could soon have their wish, but passengers would need to adhere to strict travel safety protocols.On Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new cases one day before Jacinda Ardern, Cabinet decision on level 2

After weeks of Kiwis being urged to stay home, stay safe and wash their hands, the Cabinet will have its own hands full with a final piece of the Covid data jigsaw revealed today.There are just two new cases of Covid-19 - continuing...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Shopper concerned by lack of distancing after fire alarm sounds

A woman was concerned about the lack of physical distancing among fellow shoppers after a fire alarm went off at an Auckland Pak'nSave supermarket.The woman, who did not want to be named, said while staff and security did advise...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Conor English - The importance of time to mental health

COMMENT: The lockdown has seen us all spend time with our families or a close group of people in our own bubble, for a few weeks now. For us personally this has meant time with 10 in our bubble. One of our six kids, our eldest daughter,...




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One dead in Tokoroa 'serious incident' - police

Police have confirmed one person is dead after a "serious incident" at a property in the South Waikato town of Tokoroa.Emergency services were called to the Moa Pl property just before 2pm.Police were trying to establish the circumstances...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Latest case arrived in New Zealand over two weeks ago

A woman has just tested positive for Covid-19 despite flying back to New Zealand more than two weeks ago.The woman, in her 20s, is one of two new confirmed cases of the virus announced today.She travelled from the United States...




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Truck driver critical after being trapped for nearly five hours after crash near Rotorua

A truck driver is in a critical condition after being trapped for more than four hours after his truck rolled near Rotorua this morning. Police were notified of a truck that rolled and was in a ditch at 9:33am on the intersection...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Popping bubbles: Almost 500 breaches reported to police - are we ready for level 2?

Almost 500 possible breaches of level-3 rules have been reported to police this weekend, as many Kiwis prepare for what they hope will be a move to level 2 this week.People flocked to beach suburbs and took waterfront walks in cities...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: How Auckland YWCA hostel manager kept 140 residents safe in isolation

An Auckland hostel manager has revealed the impressive steps she has taken to ensure her 140 residents have been safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.The YWCA hostel in Auckland contains 173 bedrooms that house international students,...




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Local Focus: Pub owners prepare for level 2 conditions

It was welcome news this week for bars and restaurants that they'll be able to re-open at alert level 2.But when that happens, don't expect your local to look, or even feel the same as it did before Covid-19. "One of the best...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: What you need to know about Sunday's big developments

After nearly two weeks at level 3, Cabinet is set to make its decision on when to move New Zealand down to level 2 - with the last release of public data before their big call continuing a promising streak of single-digit daily coronavirus...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Many parents won't send their kids back to school in level 2

Many parents say they will keep their children at home when schools reopen at alert level 2.The more than 900 parents who responded to a question on the New Zealand Herald's Facebook page over the weekend were evenly split on whether...




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Grace Millane's family donate Covid 19 care packages in memory of Grace

Grace Millane's family has given hundreds of care packages to patients, nurses, doctors and carers battling coronavirus.The family of the murdered British backpacker has donated more than 300 bags full of toiletries to hospitals...




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Eric Schmidt no longer advisor at Alphabet




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CEO hunt for Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan health venture




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Are temp checks the new normal at airports?




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ON Semiconductor EPS misses by $0.05




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HR e-briefing 298 - Agency workers: past, present and future

The Dti has, this week, announced plans to introduce a series of measures designed to give greater protection to certain agency workers. The proposals follow the publication of a green paper by the European Commission, in which it vows to look again...




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HR e-briefing 360 - Equality for agency workers - how will this affect your business? (Survey)

Reaction to last week’s announcement that agency workers are to be given equal employment rights to comparable permanent employees after 12 weeks service, has been swift but also mixed (see Full Article



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HR e-briefing 367 - Agency workers to receive sick pay

The statutory sick pay scheme has historically excluded individuals who work under a contract of three months or less duration. This exclusion from qualification for statutory sick pay (SSP) was removed for fixed term employees in 2002 when employme...




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HR e-briefing no 376 - Agency workers survey - are we facing 'all change' on the agency front?

News of a revised Agency Workers Directive is still awaited from Europe and is unlikely to emerge before early 2009. For the time being, employers and agency workers alike are in the dark as to how equality of employment rights for agency worke...




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HR e-briefing 384 - The Agency Workers Directive is adopted without controversy but not so the amended Working Time Directive it would seem...

The rocky road travelled by the Agency Workers Directive since 2002 is nearing its end as a final version has been approved in Europe. After six years on the back burner, a slightly revised version of the Directive has been adopted. It is no longer ...




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HR e-briefing 413 - questions remain as the government publishes consultation paper on equality for agency workers

Since Europe reached agreement on the Agency Workers Directive in October 2008, considerable flexibility has been left to individual Member States as to how they interpret and apply its framework of legal protection for agency workers by 5 December ...




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HR e-briefing 431 - Agency worker Regulations - implementation delayed until 2011

Rarely has a single piece of legislation been as keenly debated as the Regulations to implement the Agency Workers Directive in the UK. Against a background of increasingly politicised and opposing views, draft Regulations have today been published b...




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HR e-briefing 481 - No changes to be made to the Agency Worker Regulations 2010

In a short announcement to the House of Commons this morning, Ed Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs confirmed that the Government's much awaited review of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 is concluded. No changes...