For the first time since the Market Abuse Ordinance ("MAR") came into force in July 2016, changes to the MAR came into force on January 1, 2021, bringing practical relief for issuers, especially those in the Scale segment......
On January 5, 2021, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) posted a Science Blog item entitled “Understanding the Broad Class of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers (CNT/F) Used or Produced in U.S.
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) established two limited federal mandates to protect employees of employers with fewer than 500 employees who needed to be absent from work for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minimum wage laws are a mishmash of state and federal statutes and rules. Minimum wage rates and rules beginning in 2021 are an interesting reflection of this split of jurisdiction, and federal rulemaking under the outgoing administration.
Tucked away in the recesses of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, also known as the COVID-19 relief and spending bill, is the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA).
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has released the Voluntary Plan Employee Contribution and Benefit Rates for 2021. Employers are required to withhold and send state disability contributions to the EDD. The 2021 rates are as follows:.....
On December 31, 2020, the President signed a Presidential Proclamation on Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue to Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market. This proclamation extends Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 10014 and 10052 through March 31, 2021. P.P.
The pandemic has prompted the reallocation of hospital beds from psychiatric care to treatment of COVID patients. This has occurred as mental illness has been on the rise. To cope with the insufficient number of psychiatric beds, it is important for hospitals to curtail readmissions.
