SOURCE: Reuters – Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation’s coast, Trinidad and Tobago’s coast guard said on Sunday.
Not only that, the compensation for overtime should be at least twice that of the employees’ regular pay, as per the Code on Wages, 2019. Currently, there are several laws, giving diverse thresholds and different definitions of ‘wages’ for applicability of overtime pay, which will all be streamlined under the new codes.
Professionals putting in extra hours at work may have something to cheer for in the new labour codes as the new law, if implemented in its entirety, would widen the purview of overtime pay to include all employees, including managerial staff.
Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Rafa Aranda (AS) underlines Cuba’s medical research and its four important vaccines. He writes:
We are pleased to announce that the theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2021 is Tackling Plastic Pollution.
By 2050, it is estimated that there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Plastic is a highly useful material in our everyday lives, but our consumption and production of plastics have become unsustainable causing negative environmental consequences, including pollution of the environment and negative impacts on human health and biodiversity.