April 20, 20213:47 AM UTC
United StatesBiden administration strikes deal to offer 22,000 extra seasonal guestworker visas - Bloomberg Law
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Two Biden administration agencies have struck a deal to offer 22,000 extra seasonal guestworker visas to employers in the coming months, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh agreed late last week to lift the cap on H-2B visas, the report said, citing two sources familiar with the process.
The extra visas for seasonal non-agricultural labor, called the H-2B visas, are in addition to the annual allotment of 66,000 H-2B visas.
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EnvironmentBrazil must cut deforestation 15-20% a year to reach 2030 goal, says vice president
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An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. Picture taken September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Brazil needs to cut illegal deforestation by between 15% and 20% every year to eliminate it by 2030, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday, referring to a goal set by President Jair Bolsonaro in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden this week.
Bolsonaro is set to attend a U.S. climate summit hosted by Biden next week amid international pressure to slash deforestation in Brazil s Amazon rainforest, which surged to a 12-year high in 2020 as an area 14 times the size of New York City was destroyed, government data show.
April 19, 20216:33 PM UTC
AmericasEXCLUSIVE Canada s budget to include digital and luxury levies, but no wealth tax -sources
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Canada s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media before unveiling her first fiscal update, the Fall Economic Statement 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Canada s first budget in two years, to be presented to parliament on Monday, proposes a sales tax for online platforms and e-commerce warehouses, a digital services tax for Web giants and a luxury tax on items like yachts, government sources familiar with the document said.
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Prime Minister Florin Citu announced on Tuesday that employees of privately run companies can be vaccinated at work, with the approval of the Public Health Directorate (DSP), adding that their family members will also have the same access. We had two very important meetings on the vaccination campaign. Today we changed a few things, especially the way in which employees of private companies can be vaccinated at work, with the help of business operators and after being approved by the DSP. I spoke to DSP a few days ago, last week, and told them to support that with all their might. I also met representatives of business organisations, chambers of commerce, the SME Council, Hora, CDR, drug producers, and, very importantly, NGOs and patient associations. We need this vaccination campaign to be expanded, Citu said.