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Health Canada identifies lithium-ion batteries, infant bath seats, and water beads as hazards of concern
Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
United Kingdom | Publication | September 2023
On September 18, 2023, the DWP published an Independent Review of the Pensions Regulator. The review, on which Mary Starks the former chief economist at the FCA was the lead reviewer, was undertaken to ensure that the Regulator remains fit for purpose and the report concludes that it is broadly well-run and well-regarded. However, the review concluded prior to the Chancellor's Mansion House speech on July 10, 2023. The report concludes that the Regulator is broadly well-run and well-regarded, noting successes in its track record, for example, the implementation of automatic enrolment.
The report sets out 17 recommendations for the Regulator. These focus on three main areas:
We will examine the report in more detail in our October 2023 pensions briefing.
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Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
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An employer’s ability to ask for a sick note when an employee is absent from work due to illness is becoming increasingly curtailed across Canada.
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Since 2022, the Government of Canada has introduced three waves of amendments to the Competition Act (Act), making substantive changes to Canada’s competition laws, with the most recent amendments receiving royal assent on June 20, 2024.
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