Minimum Wage, Antidiscrimination, Military Service Pay and More: International Manual Updated for Four Countries

Author: Melissa A. Silver, XpertHR Legal Editor

Country guides in our International Manual have been updated with information about the following subjects:

• Brazil: Agency workers' assignments can be extended, but must not exceed nine months;
• Canada: Increase in minimum wage in Alberta and Ontario; and new rules for time off in lieu of overtime pay in Saskatchewan;
• Jersey: Discrimination on the ground of race now unlawful; and
• United Arab Emirates: Employees on national military service entitled to pay during their term of service.