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Fiji Employment Law Updates

Global People Strategist

This led to passing of the Employment Relations (Amendment) Act 2020 (ERA), which led to changes in Fiji’s employment law due to the difficulties faced by businesses during COVID-19. Section 47 has been altered to include deductions from an employee’s wages to adjust and increase their contribution to medical insurance.

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State of New Jersey Failed to Address Deficiencies in $96 Million Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation

The Division didn’t follow through on most of what it said it would do,” said Kevin Walsh, Acting State Comptroller. Some of OSC’s findings include: The Division does not conduct regular reviews of employees on long-term leave. The vendor that manages medical services for injured workers still isn’t adequately monitored.

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Are Parents Happier (At Work)?

BetterUp

Research published in the American Journal of Sociology in November, 2016 (relying on data gathered between 2006-2008 and 2007-2008) showed that in some countries, parents are actually happier than non-parents , whereas parents are less happy in the U.S. And employment can also increase well-being by diminishing financial strain.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

There could, of course, be only one answer to these inquiries, that the influenza, though a great misfortune, could not by any stretch of imagination be considered as an accident arising out of employment. Source: 1918 Annual report ibid., These include the “Hong Kong flu” of 1968, various strains of “Avian flu” and “Swine flu”.