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2010 Wall Street reform and consumer protection law requires SEC-listed companies to disclose whether they use 'conflict minerals' and whether these minerals originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

On 5 October 2021, the Governor of the US state of New Jersey Phil Murphy signed into law amendments to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination...

President Biden has signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.

With the recent spread of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it is an important time to examine what information employers may share under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)'s

Changes to California's Consumer Privacy Act have exempted employers from some of its more stringent requirements until January 2021

Foreign organisations that decide to hire employees in Spain often choose to do so using an umbrella company or professional employer organisation to speed up the process before setting up local companies.

Major employment law reforms were introduced in the  Netherlands  on 1 January 2020 under the new Balanced Labour Market Act (WAB).

Artificial intelligence (‘AI') is increasingly being used in the job application process, with the aim of automating and optimizing the process and making it more efficient and objective.

The pandemic has driven a paradigm shift in the world of global mobility. The sudden and widespread roll-out of technology to support remote working showed employees...

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (‘USMCA') was initially signed in November 2018 and ratified by the Mexican Senate on 19 June 2019.

A recent security breach has highlighted the issue of data privacy in New Zealand in advance of the entry into force of the Privacy Act 2020 in December this year.

The Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of SEK 75 million (approximately EUR 7 million) on Google for failure to comply with the GDPR.

New York has joined other US states in banning employers from asking job candidates about their previous salary history.

Many employers are thinking about how to build a new workplace for the future, combining both home and office working.

A Canadian court has found a site supervisor guilty of criminal negligence causing death following a workplace accident that resulted in the death of a young construction worker.

Colombia has recently introduced a Bill to regulate artificial intelligence, following the lead of other countries in the region.

Employers with employees who live in another EU member state, and complete at least part of their work from their country of residence, should take note of the recently concluded Framework...