Ecuador and The International Monetary Fund reached an agreement for a new $6.5 billion facility to help the South American country address the economic shock caused in part by the drop in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The agreement approved by the IMF’s executive board, helped for the already executed settlement of a $17.4 billion debt exchange between Ecuador and its creditors.
Are employees entitled to paid leave due to Covid-19? See what our lawyers in Central and South America have to say. Read more…
The ILN’s Labor & Employment Group has put together a summary document, addressing the question, “In the UK the government has stepped in with unprecedented aid such as paying 80% of employees’ salaries who are at home and not working up to £2500 per month. There are also a raft of other financial measures. What measures have been enacted in your jurisdictions, and what are the impacts?” Click the guide below to see responses from 11 jurisdictions.
Companies have asked “Can an employer do temporary layoffs?” and want the answer in a short, summary format – and the ILN has answered – 17 member jurisdictions have weighed in with concise responses to help guide your business in the current crisis.
Companies have asked “Can an employer do temporary layoffs?” and want the answer in a short, summary format – and the ILN has answered – 14 member jurisdictions have weighed in with concise responses to help guide your business in the current crisis.
Twenty ILN member firms collaborated to answer the question, “Are employees entitled to paid leave due to Covid-19?” The following document addresses in summary form this issue in a number of jurisdictions.
Companies have asked “Does the current corona crisis constitute a (global) force majeure – act of god situation from a legal point of view?” and want the answer in a short, summary format – and the ILN has answered – 23 member jurisdictions have weighed in with concise responses to help guide your business in the current crisis.
O Governo Federal publicou medida provisória criando o Programa Emergencial de Manutenção do Emprego e da Renda, que trata, principalmente, de acordos para a redução de jornada e salários, da suspensão de contratos de trabalho, de ajuda compensatória com natureza indenizatória, a ser oferecida por empregadores, e cria o Benefício Emergencial de Preservação do Emprego e da Renda, com recursos da União Federal. Read more…
On March 31, 2020, the Decree of Necessity and Urgency No. 329/2020 was published in the Official Gazette, which prohibits dismissals without just cause and on the grounds of lack or reduction of work and force majeure for a period of 60 days from the date of its publication (that is, May 30, 2020).
Likewise, said decree prohibits suspensions for reasons of force majeure or lack or reduction of work for a period of 60 days from the date of its publication.
A Lei nº 13.979/2020, norma geral que traz medidas para o enfrentamento do coronavírus, foi alterada pela Medida Provisória nº 928/2020, publicada no Diário Oficial da União no dia 23.3.2020, em edição extra. Os principais acréscimos promovidos pela MP à Lei de Acesso à Informação (Lei nº 12.527/2011) incluem: Read more…
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