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Some of the most important law changes taking effect on 1 January 2025
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Some of the most important law changes taking effect on 1 January 2025

NL Times  

At the start of every year, the Dutch government implements law changes. As the government was in the process of changing hands for the first half of the year, the new Cabinet only took office in early July, there are not many big changes taking effect on January 1. The Netherlands is getting an extra income tax bracket next year. …

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Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025
3 weeks ago

Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025

NL Times  

At the start of every year, the Dutch government implements law changes. Anyone earning over 75,518 euros per year pays the high rate of 49.5 percent, while anyone earning less pays 36.97 percent. In between there will be a middle bracket for people earning between 38,089 and 75,518 euros per year, with an income tax rate of 37.48 percent. In …

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Waqf bill in Lok Sabha: What changes is govt proposing? Why has it triggered such outrage?
5 months ago

Waqf bill in Lok Sabha: What changes is govt proposing? Why has it triggered such outrage?

Firstpost  

The Waqf Bill was introduced by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. It suggests over three dozen changes to the Waqf Act, 1995 – the law governing Waqf boards in India – including the abolition of Section 40 of the Act which gives Waqf boards the power to designate a property as ‘Waqf property.’ …

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Populist Slovak lawmakers back a new law that abolishes an anti-graft prosecutor
11 months ago

Populist Slovak lawmakers back a new law that abolishes an anti-graft prosecutor

Associated Press  

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Lawmakers for the new coalition government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico voted Thursday to amend the penal code and eliminate the office of the special prosecutor that deals with major crime and corruption. In the 150-seat Parliament known as the National Council, 78 lawmakers voted in favor of the plan that includes abolishing the special prosecutors’ …

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France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest
11 months, 1 week ago

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest

Firstpost  

As tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide farmer protests grew more intense, France announced that it would push to loosen European Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week. Rousseau said farmers would continue their action everywhere in France “with the aim to get emergency measures about the core of our business”. Farming Minister Marc …

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Mikel Arteta benefits from new law changes as Arsenal clinch Community Shield
1 year, 5 months ago

Mikel Arteta benefits from new law changes as Arsenal clinch Community Shield

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mikel Arteta was the first victim and the …

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Taiwan Single Women Rush to Freeze Eggs in Push for Fertility Law Changes
1 year, 5 months ago

Taiwan Single Women Rush to Freeze Eggs in Push for Fertility Law Changes

News 18  

Seated with her legs stretched out on her living room floor, Vivian Tung scrunched her bare stomach to find a spot where she could inject Rekovelle, a hormonal medicine used to stimulate egg production. Tung, who is single, is one of a rising number of women in Taiwan opting to freeze their eggs to give them the option to have …

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Macron says he hears France’s anger, but defends pension law
1 year, 8 months ago

Macron says he hears France’s anger, but defends pension law

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he heard people’s anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages. In many cities, opponents to the pension law took to the streets to bang pots and pans during Macron’s televised address to …

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Stealthing to be criminalised as rape and affirmative consent adopted in Queensland's sexual violence law overhaul
2 years, 1 month ago

Stealthing to be criminalised as rape and affirmative consent adopted in Queensland's sexual violence law overhaul

ABC  

Queensland will adopt an affirmative consent model and criminalise "stealthing" as part of major changes to sexual violence laws. Key points: "Stealthing" or secretly removing a condom during sex will soon be criminalised as rape An independent Victims' Commission will be established to protect the rights of survivors of violent offences Queensland Sexual Assault Network's Angela Lynch says stealthing has …

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Coffee land expects new law to usher in holistic changes
2 years, 5 months ago

Coffee land expects new law to usher in holistic changes

The Hindu  

Planters’ unions in Karnataka are hopeful that the new legislation on coffee, expected to be tabled in the ongoing session of the Parliament, will usher in much-needed changes in the 80-year-old Coffee Act guiding the industry now. Special varieties Planters’ unions told The Hindu that the new law should help focus on development of special and specialty coffee brands and …

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Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law
2 years, 11 months ago

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes. Democrats who supported legalization and advocates for people convicted of marijuana crimes are concerned the changes proposed by Republicans will strip the law of “social equity” provisions designed …

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Tightening grip: On Hong Kong-China relations
3 years ago

Tightening grip: On Hong Kong-China relations

The Hindu  

July 1, 2022 will mark 25 years since Hong Kong’s return to China. For much of the past 24 years, Hong Kong defied wide expectations that the “one country, two systems” model would crumble shortly after the handover. On December 23, construction crew quietly removed one of the most well-known statues, the “Pillar of Shame”, standing on the campus of …

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Law Changes 2021: Housing and Living Environment
4 years ago

Law Changes 2021: Housing and Living Environment

NL Times  

The Dutch government will implement over 60 new rules, regulations, and law changes at the stroke of midnight on January 1. Below is a summary of the 2021 changes made in the category Housing and Living Environment: First-time home purchasers from 18 through 34 years of age do not have to pay 2 percent transfer tax over the value of …

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Democrats propose sweeping police overhaul; Trump criticizes
4 years, 7 months ago

Democrats propose sweeping police overhaul; Trump criticizes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress proposed a far-reaching overhaul of police procedures and accountability Monday, a sweeping legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans in the hands of law enforcement. Trump, who met with law enforcement officials at the White House, characterized Democrats as having “gone CRAZY!” As activists beyond Capitol Hill call to restructure …

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Trade unions may move ILO against labour law changes
4 years, 8 months ago

Trade unions may move ILO against labour law changes

The Hindu  

Ten central trade unions on May 11 said they were considering lodging a complaint with the International Labour Organisation against the “anti-worker” changes in the labour laws in some States, which they said was at the “instance of the Central government”. “As the mass of the working people have been subjected to inhuman sufferings owing to loss of jobs, loss …

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World football's lawmaking body to discuss VAR, concussion management at December meeting
5 years, 1 month ago

World football's lawmaking body to discuss VAR, concussion management at December meeting

Firstpost  

IFAB will discuss topics ranging from the use of the Video Assistant Referee and player concussion management to proposed law changes at its annual business meeting in Belfast on 3 December World soccer’s lawmaking body IFAB will discuss topics ranging from the use of the Video Assistant Referee and player concussion management to proposed law changes at its annual business …

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New Zealand plans to ease abortion restrictions
5 years, 5 months ago

New Zealand plans to ease abortion restrictions

The Hindu  

New Zealand’s government announced Monday that it plans changes to the country’s abortion laws that would treat the procedure as a health issue rather than a crime. Justice Minister Andrew Little said the changes would bring New Zealand into line with many other developed nations. Jackie Edmond, the chief executive of Family Planning, New Zealand’s largest referrer of women to …

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Law Changes 2019: Work and Income
6 years ago

Law Changes 2019: Work and Income

NL Times  

The Dutch government is implementing a number of law changes on January 1st. The maximum transition allowance at dismissal is increasing from 79 thousand euros to 81 thousand euros next year, or one gross annual salary if that is higher than 81 thousand euros. A change in the income tax tariffs means that people with an income over 20 thousand …

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