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Nigeria Update: The COVID-19 pandemic changed the world of work as we knew it in a dramatic fashion with remote work as one of its pivotal changes from home
WHAT THE "NEW NORMAL" WORLD OF WORK MAY LOOK LIKE What will the “new normal” world of work look like in the foreseeable future? One of the foreseeable changes in...
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Germany Update: The Works Council Modernisation Act is here
In the draft bill of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of 21 December 2020, the law, still referred to as the "Works Council Strengthening Act", in the...
read moreCan “other income” be taxed in India under the India-Mauritius tax treaty?
Facts Morgan Stanley Mauritius Company Limited (“MSMCL”) is a company incorporated in Mauritius and holds a valid tax residency certificate issued by the Mauritius tax authorities. In the financial year...
read moreItaly Update: Corporate & Mergers and Acquisitions
Jurisdiction of the specialized business court Civil Cassation, section VI, 10 March 2021, n. 6523. Pres. Scaldaferri. East. Terrusi The Court of Cassation, with the decision in question, declared the competence of...
read moreGermany Update: The new standard contractual clauses – free data transfer to the USA possible again?
Background: In July 2020, the so-called "Schrems II judgment" of the European Court of Justice (ECJ, judgment of 16.07.2020 – C-311/18) caused great uncertainty and legal uncertainty regarding the transfer...
read moreThailand Announces Prohibited Digital Tokens and Cryptocurrencies
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the prohibition of certain digital assets, preventing them from being traded on digital asset exchanges in Thailand. In principle, the SEC allows...
read moreNew Zealand Update: Director Duties – Reckless Trading – Mainzeal
BACKGROUND Few pieces of litigation in New Zealand have attracted as much media attention as the High Court’s recent decision in Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited v Yan. The downfall of...
read moreItaly Update: Equal pay for male and female workers: can be invoked both for “same work” and for “work of equal value”
Court of Justice of the European Union - Judgment of 3 June 2021, case no. C-624/19 The Court of Justice of the European Union, with the judgment of 3 June 2021,...
read moreJapan Update: Revised Telework Guidelines
On March 25, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare amended its “Guidelines for the Appropriate Introduction and Implementation of Off-site Work Using Information and Communications Technology” and published...
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