In mid-November, the UAE Cabinet approved a new Labour Law, Federal Law Number 33 of 2021 (the New Labour Law) which will come into force on 2 February 2022 and repeals Law Number 8 of 1980 (the Old Law), replacing it entirely.
On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the newly formed coalition of the Liberals, Greens and the Social Democrats, which will lead Germany during the next four years, presented its coalition agreement.
British Columbia announced that beginning January 1, 2022, workers covered by the province’s Employment Standards Act, including part-time, temporary or casual workers, will be eligible to take up to five days of paid sick leave per year.
The legislative bill on the temporary extension of the use of temporary corona passes (in Dutch: wetsvoorstel Tijdelijke wet verbreding inzet coronatoegangsbewijzen) was submitted to the Lower House of Parliament the evening of November 23.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hailed the new fast-track visa for scale-ups as an important development to make it “quicker and easier for fast-growing businesses to bring in highly skilled individuals.”
On November 16, 2021, Governor Spencer J. Cox signed SB2004 into law, placing limitations and additional obligations on Utah employers that have implemented vaccine or testing requirements on employees.
