The Domestic Violence – Victims’ Protection Act 2018 (the “Amending Act”) is an Act which amended the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the “ER Act”) to provide employees who are affected by family violence with a right to request a short-term change (2-months or shorter) to their working arrangements.
Art. 262 prohibits employing women in “hard” work and work with harmful or hazardous conditions (see Resolution of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 35 dated 12 June 2014 for a full list). Art.
The New York State Paid Family Leave Law establishes a statewide program that guarantees paid, employment-protected leave for most private-sector employees in New York State. Enacted in 2016, and phased in beginning January 1, 2018, the law entitles eligible workers to take employment leave to bond with a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, or to support a loved one during a qualifying military deployment. Benefits increase over time, reaching twelve weeks of leave at a wage-replacement rate of sixty-seven percent by 2021.
The Court of Appeal of Turin upheld the lower court’s judgment deeming a clause of a collective agreement negotiated at the enterprise level to be discriminatory because it infringed on Articles 3 and 37 of the Constitution, Article 25, para 2bis, of Decree No. 198/2006 and Article 3 of Decree No. 151/2001.
