Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:07 am
Access Now and a coalition of 12 local and international
organizations are calling on authorities in Jamaica to
ensure human rights are at the center of a controversial new
digital ID bill. Through a comprehensive
submission to the Joint Select Committee of Parliament
reviewing the National Identification and Registration Act,
the coalition outlines urgent recommendations on the
inclusion of guiding human rights principles, processing of
personal data, governance, and accessibility.
“The
current identification options available in Jamaica are
divisive, and exclude some citizens, particularly members of
vulnerable groups,” said
Verónica Arroyo, Policy
Associate at Access Now. “So while the idea of
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Today, the House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”). The ARPA has already been approved by the Senate and is expected to be quickly signed into law by President Biden. This client alert addresses Title IX, Subtitle H of the new legislation, which includes significant pension reforms for multiemployer and single-employer pension plans, and expands the number of covered employees for the limitation on the deductibility of executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Tax Code.
Multiemployer Pension Reforms
Background
The multiemployer pension system in the United States is currently in crisis, with over 100 multiemployer pension plans, covering more than one million participants in total, projected to become insolvent within the next 10 to 20 years. The largest and most significant of these plans, the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
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