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Best practices in HR often have application around the globe, including in talent acquisition, benefits, and beyond.

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Prepare for Japan's 2025 Whistleblower Protection Act amendments with key insights on revised guidelines, whistleblowing systems, and anti-retaliation measures.

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Learn how AI is reshaping hiring in Canada, tackling recruitment challenges while addressing legal obligations like disclosure rules in Ontario, BC, and Alberta.

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Ontario’s new hiring law mandates employers notify job applicants of their status within 45 days, tackling ghosting and reducing legal and reputational risks.

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Taiwan strengthens trade secret protection with statutory injunctions, offering high-tech firms remedies beyond noncompete clauses to safeguard sensitive know-how.

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Discover key updates in German employment law for 2026, including social insurance changes, minimum wage increase, EU directives, and works council election reforms.

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In Canada, employers should beware updating employee handbooks or imposing return-to-office mandates without proper consideration, or face costly dismissal claims.

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France's Social Security Act raises employer costs, tightens sick leave rules, adds paid birth leave, and accelerates occupational disease recognition processes.

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The Global HR newsletter mirrors SHRM's focus on international HR management issues, as well as development in global employment laws and best practices.

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