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Teleworking and labor conditions in Canada
... That said, Canada voted for the adoption of the Convention and Recommendation ... Should a state adopt a convention, the state must take steps to ratify it. It is worth noting, however, that the while the federal government of Canada has exclusive authority to execute international ...
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Crisis in, and sustainability of, the british welfare state
... Such examination will of necessity be modest as parameters of space do not allow for a detailed and more informed discussion to take place in such a vast and complicated field treating inter alia , labour, state pensions and social security laws and policies. The reader who wishes ...
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Taxation of non-resident individuals in Spain: hot topics and open questions
Este artículo revisa diversas cuestiones de interés en relación con las principales figuras impositivas de naturaleza patrimonial que afectan a los no residentes con inversiones en España; particularmente, el Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio y el Impuesto sobre Sucesiones y Donaciones. Entre las cuestiones analizadas, además de una aproximación general a la imposición de los no residentes, se...
... of residence has no wealth tax), the applicable double tax treaty may limit Spain’s power to tax assets located in its territory (tax treaties take precedence over Spanish domestic legislation). A significant number of the treaties Spain has signed only allow it to tax the ownership of real ... -
La política lingüística a Suïssa: el paradigma canvia, però la complexitat es manté
Taking into account the history and experiences of multilingual and multicultural Switzerland, this article pursues two goals. Firstly, to demonstrate that the official recognition of several languages is proof of wisdom, and an important factor in preserving peace and stability, because it is a sign of respect towards minority languages and communities. Secondly, as a reminder that this static...
... Another important result is that if a competence belongs to the cantons, the administrative acts flowing from this competence will take place in the respective official language of each individual canton. In the three bilingual cantons, cantonal authorities will normally use one ... -
The Development of Enforcement of CITES in Norway: Discretionary Omissions and Theoricides
The world is losing species at an alarming rate; the population sizes of wild mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have dropped 68% since 1970. Much of this loss is caused by trade. This article discusses the development in the enforcement of CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species) in Norway through a longitudinal, qualitative approach. It is based on data...
... (…) I think it is a totally wrong way of enforcement. It goes against all I stand for. To take these birds out, it was so different from euthanizing other animals, I thought: they understand. [But] we do not want to work as the NEA’s ... -
The hungarian child protection system. Some questions relating to funding
... cannot be ensured with the consent of the parent and this situation endangers the child’s development, the guardianship authority will take one of the measures listed in § 15 (4) depending on the extent of danger 38 ... Authority measures may be divided into two major parts according to ...
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Equality, non-discrimination and work-life balance - Conclusions
The Comparative Labor Law Dossier (CLLD) in this issue 2/2016 of IUSLabor is dedicated to equality, non-discrimination and work-life balance. We have had the collaboration of internationally renowned academics and professionals from Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Canada and the United States....
... differences in the legal regimes, most of the analyzed European countries recognize the right to suspend the employment contract in order to take care of underage children, those affected by disabilities, and/or dependent family members. This leave of absence is short-term in Portugal (30 ... -
Foreword. Psychopathy, intimate partner violence, offender profiling and explaining crime
... Surprisingly, low take-home pay of the fathers was not related to high AA scores of the sons, and large family size and a disrupted family were related to high AA scores, ...
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Labor effects of corporate groups in Canada
... group or group of companies in the context of redundancies? In particular, to prove the grounds for the redundancy, does the regulation take into account the situation of the group or only the situation of the company in question? ... For the purposes of answering this question, we are ...
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Working time and flexibility in France
... There is greater financial pressure on workers forced to take part-time work than on those who voluntarily choose this arrangement ... 1. Does the regulation on working time establishes a daily, weekly and/or ...
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?Que significa cuidar y que es no cuidar? Los retos de la diversidad cultural.
... All these steps can be facilitated by a lawyer, especially the initial drafting of the complaint. Lawyers may agree to take a case on the promise of receiving as payment a percentage of the first year's proceeds, if successful. This might be as much as 30% ... Though the ...
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Resúmenes (Estudios)
... So, from the legal labour perspective, this work pursues to take part in this debate, through a complete approach of the Right to Social Security of transnational workers in the community framework, dealing not ...
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El sistema de voto en los Estados Unidos de América. Su particular contribución al gobierno corporativo de las sociedades
... «That the boardrooms of American companies would empty as even the most conscientious directors would refuse to take on the risk of such liability». Sean M. O'Connor, «Be carefull what you wish for: how accountants and Congress created the problem of auditor ...
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Technological innovation and environmental sustainability
... Citizens themselves must have most of this information so that they can take decisions responsibly that may affect their future existence ... The right to information on the environment has been enshrined in the Aarhus ...
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Constitutional interpretation and the hobbesian problem
... CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION AND THE HOBBESIAN PROBLEM 149 ... the highest court pick the one that best coheres with (what they take to be) the most defensible moral theory. I will call them «principled justices». Couldn’t we then fend off the Hobbesian Problem by setting up a ...
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The law and economics of marine bioprospecting in areas beyond national jurisdiction: the role of uncertainty
Since 1992, on the 8th of June, we have celebrated the ocean, its importance to biodiversity, climate regulation and the major role it has for livelihood and social ecological marine systems. As oceans are a major source of food and medicine, they are also considered as an immense reservoir of natural resources. At the same time, the depletion of oceanic resources and the limited renewable...
... Consequently, how can marine organisms take part in the development of the blue growth economy? ... For now, bioprospecting is still poorly studied by lawyers and economists from a scientific ... -
Bibliografía publicada en otras blogs/webs
... BIBOW, J.; “How to redesign the fiscal regime of the Eurozone: an alternative take on lessons from US and Eurozone experiences” ; ETUI: https://www.etui.org/content/download/35880/356851/file/WP+2019+02-Bibow-WEB.pdf ...
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Bibliografía publicada en otras blogs/webs
... DE BLASIO, F.; “As Member States take different approaches to regulating telework, will the EU bring them into line?” ; EUROFOUND: ...
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Corporate environmental criminal liability in spain and the participation of the environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOS)
Este documento pretende analizar la responsabilidad penal medio ambiental de las empresas en España. A su vez, propone una política criminal medio ambiental fundamentada en dos ideas principales: por un lado, la participación de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales Medio Ambientales en la elaboración de programas de cumplimiento penal en un contexto donde la autorregulación es comúnmente aceptada y,
... take place while performing corporate activities on behalf and account of the entity when its managers have failed to comply with their duties of ... -
Protection against discrimination in employment under Italian Law
Under Italian law, anti-discrimination provisions make up a regulatory system that now aims to fully represent an autonomous branch of law, specifically covering employment and working conditions. It is in the field of employment law that the matter under consideration is able to obtain, perhaps "unintentionally", the recognition it has sought for some time, especially since it was established as
... protection is given to an employee in several respects, among which, first of all, all stages of employme nt are covered, includin g those that take place prior to the establishment of the business relationship and thus prior to such a contract being signed. The date is no small matter, given ... -
STS, 6 de Junio de 2001
COMPRAVENTA. El interés base de la legitimación es, conforme a la doctrina constitucional, un interés en sentido propio, cualificado o específico, de tal forma que la anulación del acto produzca de modo inmediato un efecto positivo (obtener un beneficio) o negativo (evitar un perjuicio), actual o futuro pero cierto, y presupone, por tanto, que la resolución administrativa que se impugna...
... de seguridad social o litigios, así como otras relacionadas con subvenciones percibidas o pendientes de recibir, o las relativas a cláusulas "take or pay" en contratos de aprovisionamiento ... En esta operación de compra quedaron segregados temporalmente tanto la actividad como los activos ... -
Market reforms and privatisation in the English National Health Service/Mercado reforma y privatizacion en el Sistema Nacional de Salud ingles.
... This has been an area of care dogged by scandal and criticism. Take Care Now, a company contracted by Cambridge Primary Care Trust to provide out of hours care, employed a German doctor who, on his first shift, killed ...
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Uses of silence in political and legal transitions: a methodological approach to constitutional history
... Silence occurs in time and constitutes time ... When we discuss the temporal dimension in modern society, we take into account the multiple aspects of the connections among individuals, social groups, and the presence of the past. Societies can react to the past ...
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Principles of environmental law of Russia, Serbia and Slovakia: comparative analysis
El artículo realiza un análisis comparativo de los principios de la legislación medioambiental de Rusia, Serbia y Eslovaquia. Los autores sostienen que estos principios están condicionados por la influencia de los organ-ismos y organizaciones internacionales, así como por la experiencia específica de cada país en materia de protección del medio ambiente. Además de una serie de enfoques generales...
... 5 For example, when drafting legislation in the EU, it is required to take into account the most stringent criteria for environmental protection. The principle of subsidiarity 6 means that environmental problems should be ... -
Clarifying the nature and role of the new european data protection board
... Both new legal instruments state that the EDPS will now take over the tasks of the Joint Supervisory Body established under the former EUROJUST and EUROPOL Council decisions 21 ... Therefore, the EDPS will soon ...