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In 2018, the Government introduced tax incentives and a legislative framework for homeworking. Not many employers are known to have shown an interest in that Work At Home Scheme. Has the lockdown prompted businesses to consider working from home as a new normal? Some of the HR specialists in our network share their insights and
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This note follows our document dated 11 May 2020, which summarised the main provisions that were proposed to be introduced through the COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. While the Bill was introduced in the National Assembly on 13 May 2020, it was passed with certain amendments made to it on 15 May 2020. In this update note,
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The following new regulations have recently been promulgated and gazetted.   The Workers’ Rights (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2019 – Pursuant to these regulations, employers are not required to make any specific contribution to the Workfare Programme Fund. Instead, the training levy that is already payable under the Human Resource Development Act will be partly used to
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