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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, draft regulations on PPF compensation were laid before Parliament, made under the restatement powers of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the Act). The Act permits "secondary retained EU law" (which includes retained case law) to be restated in regulations and also allows a restatement to use different words or concepts from those used in the original law in order to resolve ambiguities.
The need for the restatement arises because after December 31, 2023, retained EU law will cease to have effect in domestic law. The Government's policy is to retain the effects of the judgments in the Hampshire case, where the ECJ found that former employees should receive at least 50 per cent of the value of their accrued pension benefits on their employer's insolvency, and the Hughes case where the Court of Appeal upheld a previous High Court judgment that disapplied on grounds of age discrimination the PPF compensation cap applying to members below their scheme's normal pension age.
Under the powers in the Act, the draft Pensions Act 2004 (Amendment) (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) Regulations 2023 will:
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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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Over the past two years, Spain has significantly strengthened its foreign investment screening mechanism, and all acquisitions by foreign investors (as defined below) of a Spanish entity active in a strategic sector are subject to prior authorisation by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (“MoICT”).
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