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Government Investigations in Singapore 2025
We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
United States | Publication | January 2021
Based on worksite inspections, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has identified the 10 most frequently cited standards in order to educate employers and allow correction of potential hazards in order to eliminate excessive injuries and illnesses. Notably, these include fall protection, scaffolding and ladders at construction sites; the federal Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM); personal protective and respiratory equipment; hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout); and machine guarding.
Separately, OSHA has announced those OSHA standards most frequently the subject of its COVID-related workplace investigations. Not surprisingly, these include respiratory protection (medical evaluation, fit testing, training and the overall protection program); recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses; other personal protective equipment; and, of course, the catch-all of the General Duty Clause (“the employer did not furnish a place of employment that was free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees”). Accompanying this announcement are OSHA’s Lessons Learned recommendations to employers to avoid citations for such violations.
In light of COVID’s outsized effects on the elderly and infirm, OSHA has also issued Respiratory Protection Guidance for employers of those working in nursing homes and assisted and other long-term care facilities. This advises on the distinctions among various types of masks and other face coverings, and provides structure for such entities’ Respiratory Protection Programs. It also discusses OSHA’s enforcement discretion when evaluating an employer’s good faith in endeavoring to comply with OSHA standards.
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We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
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The private credit market and direct lending have grown and diversified immensely in the past decade, offering alternative sources and terms of debt compared to those historically provided by the syndicated leveraged loan and public issuance markets. Consequently, they are fast becoming pivotal components in the capital ecosystem, so much so that the Bank of England consider that the private credit market is currently responsible for approximately $1.8 trillion of debt issuance, which is four times its size in 2015. This growth has been particularly pronounced in Europe and the US but there has also been significant activity in Asia.
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The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation, commonly referred to as the AI Act, is expected to come into force during the summer of 2024 (the AI Act). The AI Act will be the first comprehensive legal framework for the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI), and is intended to ensure that AI systems developed and used in the EU are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory and environmentally friendly.
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