Pension Plans, Health and Safety, Minimum Wage 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:
Belgium: New retirement provision;
Germany: New retirement provision and new statutory minimum wage; and
Spain: Increased national minimum wage, changes to income tax rates and social security contributions for 2015, and new requirement for payslips beginning May 2015.
In addition, several sections of the Canada country guide have been updated with information about the following subjects:
- Equal Opportunities: Additional ground of discrimination in Saskatchewan and increase in the maximum compensation payable for discrimination in Saskatchewan.
- Health and Safety: Additional health and safety obligations for employers and requirement for joint health and safety committees in seasonal workplaces in Manitoba.
- Pay and Benefits: Increased minimum wage in New Brunswick and Yukon, changes to income tax bands and employment contributions for 2015, the increase in limit contributions to the Quebec parental insurance plan for 2015, increase in sickness benefits for 2015, and provision for target benefit pension plans in Alberta and New Brunswick.