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Arthur E. Sowers April 6, 2021 The commentary, “Minimum wage hike will hurt more than it helps,” by Ruth Briggs King and Mike Ramone March 30, implied that the increase was too much in too short of a time frame and could cause a loss in the number of jobs. Thus, some people win while others lose. They make reference to at least four studies which support their story. I point out the following shortcomings in their story. First, an economic study can help answer an economic questio...

A district court in the Fifth Circuit granted conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to a class of allegedly misclassified truck drivers, analyzing certification using the widely used...

Labour Minister Harry Bains says the safeguard will ensure that no one will lose their job if they need time away to get vaccinated.

Monday, 15 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST] Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR) has come into focus eversince the debate over the Corona virus pandemic and its effects has ensued. Research is essential to understand this aspect thoroughly in the fight against Covid-19. Dr Vijay Pal Singh, Joint Director, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), whose primary area of concern is AMR, in a telephonic and email interaction with Manjushree Naik throws light on the...

Tuesday, 09 March, 2021, 14 : 00 PM [IST] Rishabh Chokhani Food safety is the key to achieve better public health. The high incidence of foodborne illness is a burden on public health and contributes significantly to the cost of health care. Though most of the foodborne illnesses are rare and often not reported in India, however, a nationwide study reported an alarming 13.2 per cent prevalence at the household level. Therefore there is a need for a comprehensive appr...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions wrestling with issues of statutory interpretation.  In the first, the Court considered the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Acts prohibition of state-law claims that might have been brought as federal securities actions, in a case in which the plaintiff actually did also bring federal securities-fraud claims.  In the second, a ...

THE STANDARD By Awal Mohammed | February 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Courtesy Your favourite tissue could be withdrawn from the market following a directive by Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) for poor quality. Kebs has flagged 26 brands of tissue, among them some of the most popular in the market, for noncompliance to  quality standards. In a letter to the chief executive of the Retail Trade Association of Kenya (Retrak) dated February 24, Kebs asked the association to inform its member...

KEBS Bans 26 Brands of Tissue Paper An image of toilet paper File In a letter dated February 24, KEBS wrote to the Chief Executive of the Retail Trade Association of Kenya (RETRAK) asking the association to tell its members to withdraw the flagged tissue brands from supermarket shelves. “We request your office to notify your members to remove these brands from outlets across the country until further notice,” Peter Kaigwara, Director of Market Surveillance wrote. Managing Director Bernard N...

Apr 14, 2021 During the drive, more than 100 samples of loose and Packed milk were lifted for analysis besides 37 Food Business Operators were booked under the relevant provision of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, for carrying out their business under unhygienic and unsanitary condition . Commissioner Food & Drugs Administration, Shakeel-Ur-Rehman, has directed all the food business operators to provide safe and wholesome food to consumers. He cautioned that strict action under law shall b...

The government is committed towards improving nutrition outcomes in the country and several programmes have been launched to deal with malnutrition, Parliament was told on Friday.Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child ...