Brazil

Pay transparency

Brazil’s gender pay gap reporting rule is no longer “aspirational policy”

Supreme Court rules pay equity law constitutional, rendering it fully enforceable

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Community

Hunton Andrews Kurth lures lateral from DLA Piper

Seasoned litigator Joseph Turzi will add “thoughtful approach and deep experience”

China

Retirement

China issues new safeguards for growing cohort of “over-aged” workers

An estimated 120 million people may already be working past statutory retirement age

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Working Time

Brazil’s lower house backs five-day workweek reform

Lawmakers approve plan to phase in a 40-hour week and two consecutive rest days

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Artificial Intelligence

New York Times accused of unlawful AI monitoring of unionised workers

Union claims paper surveilled staff and withheld information on how the technology was deployed

Religion

“Pride-phobic” jobseeker loses religious and disability bias claims

Tribunal says the removal of LGBTQ symbols would have gone beyond what is reasonable to accommodate claimant’s beliefs

Pensions

Seyfarth: SCOTUS clarifies actuarial assumptions for withdrawal liability

Opinion confirms withdrawal liability remains a fluid, actuarial assessment that may shift after employers exit pension plans

Human Rights

LVMH unveils human rights charter as luxury sector faces labour rights pressure

Initiative follows a wave of investigations into subcontracting practices in Italy’s fashion industry

Disputes

Google accused of penalising father after parental leave

Former sales manager claims he was treated with a lack of empathy and less favourably than his female colleagues

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