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Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, for a second consecutive day to protest against a controversial “foreign agent” draft law.
The latest demonstration on Wednesday came a day after the bill was passed in a first reading in parliament. At least 66 people were arrested on Tuesday evening as protests against the proposed legislation turned violent.
Here is what you need to know.
What does the law entail?
The draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” officially targets the disclosure of money flows from abroad, but critics fear it is a way for the…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Manpower has said that the Domestic Workers’ Protection Law (PPRT Law) will provide legal certainty and clarity regarding the duties and responsibilities of workers, employers, and recruiters.
“There needs to be a new regulation at the level of law to protect workers in the domestic sector,” the ministry’s director general of labor development and supervision and occupational safety and health Haiyani Rumondang said at an online dialogue that was followed online on Monday.
According to her, Law Number 13 of 2003 on Manpower was not able to protect domestic workers. For that reason, the…
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Professor Owens led a workshop to help local New Bedford entrepreneurs with the legal challenges of starting a business.
UMass Law Visiting Professor Lisa Owens led a workshop focused on legal challenges for startups and entrepreneurs who are part of the New Bedford Economic Developmental Council (NBEDC)’s NB100. NBEDC’s mission is to focus on local business growth and competitive advantage, offering entrepreneur support and grants and loan programs to provide assistance to new businesses in the South Coast region.
This was the first in a series of workshops led by Professor Owens for the NBEDC.…
Twenty years ago, Fermi Wong embarked on her first ever protest against the government. Little did she expect she was to be joined by at least half a million other demonstrators.
In July 2003, Hong Kong people took to the streets to fight the imminent passage of security legislation linked to Article 23, part of the territory’s mini-constitution known as the Basic Law. They feared the law would snuff out the civil liberties they enjoyed as residents of the former British colony that had reverted to Chinese sovereignty six years before.
The show of people power – at that time…
New rules prohibiting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements kick in Friday in an effort to crack down on companies undermining competition at employees’ expense.Here is what employers and employees need to know about the new rules:
What is the new law?
As of June 23, it is a criminal offense for two or more employers to form deals that fix, maintain, decrease or control wages. The same goes for agreements that prevent companies from hiring or soliciting each other’s employees.
It comes after the federal government made amendments to the Competition Act’s conspiracy provision in June 2022 as part of…
Lawyers for first son Hunter Biden met with federal prosecutors Wednesday as authorities weigh charging the first son following a long-running probe of his tangled finances.
The Biden legal team was spotted entering Justice Department headquarters by CNN as Hunter, 53, reportedly faces potential charges ranging from a felony count of tax evasion to misdemeanor counts of failing to file taxes to a felony count of lying about his drug use on a federal gun purchase form.
Delaware US Attorney David Weiss will ultimately determine whether or not to file charges against Hunter — and which charges to pursue.
Weiss…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers and other government employees will have to write monthly checks if they want to stay in their union after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday banning automatic dues deductions from public employees’ paychecks,
The anti-union bill also gives employees the right to immediately quit a union for no reason and requires unions to recertify if the number of dues-paying members drops below 60% of those eligible to join.
“If you want to join, you can, but you write a check and you hand it over. That is gonna lead to more take-home pay…