of safety at work. i ve been speaking to sonia gipson rankin, a law professor at the university of new mexico. i asked her about the legal issues at the heart of the matter. so, we are at a pretty unique moment. as of friday, the united states department of labour occupational safety and health administration released their official regulations called an emergency temporary standards, and what they said was that, as you just mentioned, everyone must be vaccinated or agree to weekly testing, and if you re not vaccinated, weekly testing and wearing a mask. the response that is coming from the petitioners, and this is a group of states, private organisations, religious organisations, have argued that osha is exceeding their federal limits, that they re impeding on interstate commerce and they re really stepping into things that belong to the states
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Three officials linked to several hospitality companies in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the United States have been charged with several offences in relation to a scam which led to dozen of foreign workers, including Jamaicans, being lied to about their pay and work conditions.
Raja Younas, Syed Naqvi and Jessica Voight, who all work for tourism and hospitality-related companies in Myrtle Beach, are accused of lying to get non-immigrants to the US for work.
The trio have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and visa fraud, according to the US Attorney s Office for the District of South Carolina in a news release on Thursday.
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The report, Risky Goods New Zealand Imports, outlines which risky goods are coming into the country, where they are coming from and who is being exploited as well as providing recommendations on how to improve the situation.
World Vision national director Grant Bayldon said households were spending $34 a week on average on risky goods, including clothing, footwear, toys, furniture, bananas and coffee. At the moment the approach is don t ask, don t tell , it s almost impossible for Kiwis to know exactly what is going on. A Modern Slavery Act would require companies to check who is making their products, to disclose that and to do something about it when modern slavery is found.