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All Eyes on Sustainability CONTENT: Article Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has published its 2020 Sustainability Report. The report details the company’s new sustainability strategy and covers the company’s approach to multiple challenges related to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Acting responsibly has been deeply ingrained in our corporate culture for more than 350 years. Our business conduct is guided by strong values that support sustainability – across all our businesses. Sustainabili...

School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired A school custodian says she was fired after refusing to put an app on her phone that checked her location, citing privacy concerns. As more people work remotely in the pandemic, "tattleware" that tracks employees’ productivity is on the rise, prompting lawyers to call for more protections. Social Sharing

Estonian president proclaims laws concerning beekeeping, e-commerce 2021-02-16 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN – Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid on Tuesday proclaimed amendments to the laws concerning support for beekeeping, the administrative burden on food handlers, e-commerce and hemp seed import licenses. The amendment to the European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Implementation Act clarifies the content of the activity report to be prepared about the beekeeping year for the implemen...

CSPs). (a) COVID-19 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government pursued Interim Orders and other policy changes intended to expedite the development of COVID-19-related products, including drugs, vaccines, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, personal protective equipment, and medical devices (see e.g., here and here). Both the federal and provincial governments made regulatory changes to secure domestic drug supplies and mitigate shortages (see e.g., here and here). Many of these...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates, reports on and determines the probable causes of transportation accidents in all modes of transportation, from planes, trains and automobiles, to pipelines, ships and other accidents of a catastrophic or recurring nature, such as commercial space transportation accidents and accidents involving hazardous materials. 1 When the NTSB identifies safety issues, it can make safet...

In part two of this article, we take a look at where the IR situation in Japan currently stands in this decades-long ultra-marathon.

Part 1: New Laws Impacting California Public Agencies for 2021 With the unique challenges that 2020 brought, California lawmakers passed bills that addressed both the State’s ongoing problems, as well as laws responsive to the public health and economic crisis brought by COVID-19 and social justice issues. Public agencies in California were not immune to these critical problems and, as such, some of the new laws directly impact how local government agencies, including cities, counties and sp...