sup Supreme Court’s 2024 Term Could Transform Labor and Employment Law By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:44:43 +0000 The Supreme Court issued four decisions narrowing agencies’ power to make policy through formal rulemaking and adjudication. In the short term, these decisions could make it harder for agencies to defend major rules on overtime, joint employment, prevailing wages, pregnancy accommodation and noncompete agreements. Full Article
sup Agencies’ Influence over Employers May Erode After Supreme Court Decision By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:15:47 +0000 Alexander MacDonald says agencies may have to “regulate more modestly and litigate more often” after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron. SHRM Online View (Subscription required.) Full Article
sup Supreme Court Scales Back Federal Agency Powers By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:20:51 +0000 Alex MacDonald says that federal agencies will have to look for new ways to advance their policy positions in the wake of SCOTUS overturning Chevron. Corporate Compliance Insights View Full Article
sup Supreme Court's 2024 term could transform labor and employment law By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:52:09 +0000 Alexander T. MacDonald and Michael J. Lotito review four decisions in the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term and discuss how the rulings may affect employment law. Westlaw Today View (Subscription required.) Full Article
sup Connecticut Adopts Narrow Definition of “Supervisor” for Hostile Work Environment Claims By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:10:45 +0000 The Connecticut Supreme Court recently adopted the U.S. Supreme Court's relatively narrow definition of “supervisor” for use in determining when employers are liable under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA) for creating or failing to remedy a hostile work environment. The decision provides employers with clarity as the term is not defined by the CFEPA. Full Article
sup Supreme Court Will Decide if Former Employees Can Sue Over Post-Employment Benefits By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:47:42 +0000 Ellen Donovan McCann says post-employment benefits are often the first to be amended when businesses experience budget challenges, but employers may have to take more care in changing them if SCOTUS decides that former employees can sue over those benefits. SHRM View (Subscription required) Full Article
sup How to Identify Forced Labor in Supply Chains By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:29:47 +0000 Donald Dowling says abusive labor practices are a huge problem around the world, and often the smaller local manufacturers, miners and growers within countries that are committing labor abuses are bigger problems than the multinational firms. SHRM Online View (Subscription required). Full Article
sup What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Review the Standard for Attorney-Client Privilege Mean for Employers? By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:25:47 +0000 As workplace issues have become more complex, human resource professionals and managers often turn to employment lawyers for advice in sorting out matters involving the interaction between business requirements and the requirements of employment laws and regulations. When is such advice protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege? Full Article
sup Supreme Court: False Claims Act Liability Depends on Defendant’s Subjective Belief By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:56:52 +0000 On June 1, 2023, in United States ex rel. Full Article
sup COVID-19: The New Normal – International Guide Supplement By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 11 May 2020 13:20:36 +0000 Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have implemented various measures to slow the spread of the virus, protect workers’ health and safety, and assist employers to recover from the economic crisis, among other programs. Full Article
sup Wisconsin Supreme Court Eases the Burden for Employers Defending Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination Claims Under State Law By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:08:59 +0000 The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of their arrest and conviction records.1 Generally, an employer cannot make decisions on the basis of an arrest or conviction record unless the crimes “substantially relate” to the circumstances of the job at issue.2 For many years, the state agencies responsible for enforcing this law—the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC)—have taken the view that crimes of domestic violen Full Article
sup Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Validates Implicit Consent for Arbitration Agreements in the Employment Context By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 20:12:07 +0000 In Aponte Valentín v. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, CC-2018-748,1 the Puerto Rico Supreme Court reinforced the strong public policy favoring arbitration agreements in Puerto Rico, validating continued employment as implicit consent for such agreements. Full Article
sup Supreme Court finds exclusive arbitral jurisdiction in Manitoba human rights disputes By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:21:38 +0000 Rhonda B. Levy and Douglas Sanderson examine Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, in which the Supreme Court of Canada decided that in Manitoba, human rights disputes arising from the interpretation, application or alleged violation of a collective agreement fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator. Human Resources Director Canada View Full Article
sup Supreme Court Permits Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:27:17 +0000 The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana will dramatically impact employers’ rights to enforce arbitration agreements related to claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).1 This decision, which is a significant win for employers with interests in California, will allow employers to compel arbitration of a PAGA plaintiff’s individual PAGA claims. Full Article
sup Savings Clause Results in Oregon Supreme Court Affirming Enforceability of Arbitration Provision By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:45:07 +0000 On July 8, 2022, in Gist v. ZoAn Management, Inc., the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the trial court and court of appeals granting the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. The court concluded that because nothing in the arbitration agreement prohibited the plaintiff from being awarded any relief he might be entitled to under Oregon’s wage and hour statutes, the arbitration provision was not unconscionable and therefore enforceable. Background Full Article
sup Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Enforceability of Arbitration Provision By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:21:21 +0000 Christine Sargent writes about an Oregon Supreme Court case that affirmed the importance of implementing enforceable arbitration agreements. SHRM Online View (Subscription required.) Full Article
sup California Supreme Court Holds Plaintiffs with Arbitration Agreements Retain Standing to Pursue Non-Individual PAGA Claims in Court By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:11:01 +0000 The California Supreme Court determined that plaintiffs seeking civil penalties under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) retain standing to pursue representative PAGA claims on behalf of other alleged aggrieved employees in court despite being bound to arbitrate their individual PAGA claims. Full Article
sup What's Contributing to the Decline in SF Superior Civil Filings? By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:24:04 +0000 Theodora Lee said overall case filings in the San Francisco state trial court have been down significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels, but she’s seeing an uptick in labor and employment law cases. The Recorder View (Subscription required.) Full Article
sup U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies When the Federal Arbitration Act’s “Transportation Exemption” Applies By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:47:00 +0000 On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) transportation exemption—meaning the FAA would not apply—only relates to workers within the transportation industry. In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC,1 the Supreme Court unanimously held Section 1 of the FAA exempts classes of workers who are actively engaged in interstate transportation, even if the individuals are not employed by a company in the transportation industry (the “Transportation Exemption”). Full Article
sup Pencils, Paper, and Now NLRA Legal Protections – New General Counsel Memorandum Provides College Student Athletes with a Very Significant New “School Supply” By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:32:52 +0000 On September 29, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer A. Abruzzo released a nine-page memorandum taking the unequivocal position that “certain Players at Academic Institutions” are employees under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Refusing to call such players “student athletes,” Abruzzo asserts in the memorandum (GC 21-08) that: Full Article
sup How Will the Supreme Court’s Review of Two Affirmative Action Cases Affect Employers? By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:41:57 +0000 On October 31, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases that will determine the legality of affirmative action in college admissions decisions. During oral arguments, Justice Elena Kagan raised the issue of whether employers may consider the benefits of diversity when making hiring decisions. Full Article
sup U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions – What Does it Mean for Employers? By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:52:33 +0000 On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Harvard’s and UNC’s race-conscious admissions practices are unconstitutional. Full Article
sup Supreme Court of Canada Confirms “Owners” of Construction Projects Are “Employers” Under OHSA By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:48:43 +0000 Supreme Court of Canada lets stand decision finding an “owner” of a construction project can be considered an “employer” within the meaning of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). This decision has significant implications for the construction sector, as a project owner can now be liable for OHSA violations of its contractor, subject to a due diligence defence. Full Article
sup What do recent Supreme Court decisions mean for OSHA and other safety agencies? By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:12:01 +0000 Commenting on a SCOTUS decision, Alka Ramchandani-Raj said a type of OSHA matter that could see a future change in venue may be those involving certain General Duty Clause citations. Safety+Health View Full Article
sup The National Association of State Chambers and Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute Form Coalition and Support Workforce Development Legislation By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:43:22 +0000 In a letter sent to Congress today, the Coalition expresses support for legislation that would modernize America’s workforce development and education system Full Article
sup TechNet and Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute Support the Illinois Senate’s Passage of Biometric Information Privacy Act Reform Bill By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:58:58 +0000 Update: On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law, reforming the liability guidelines under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. CHICAGO (April 11, 2024) – Today, the Illinois Senate passed SB 2979, which would reform the liability guidelines under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The bill marks an important milestone in the broader effort to resolve BIPA’s vague statutory language and courts’ expansive interpretations of the law, which have posed a threat to businesses that capture biometric information. Full Article
sup Leading Business Coalition Urges Supreme Court Review in Key Case on Government-Forced Union Representation By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:13:28 +0000 Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute files brief for the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace urging court to grant review of Goldstein v. Professional Staff Congress and reaffirm Constitutional protections against compulsory union representation Full Article
sup EHRC race discrimination fund supported 27 cases in 2022/23 By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:32:13 +0000 In light of news that the EHRC legal support scheme funded only 27 race discrimination cases during 2022-23, Philip Cameron and Lisa Cameron say it’s important that legal support schemes continue to support litigants in employment discrimination cases. Personnel Today View Full Article
sup ETSI Licensed Shared Access specifications for a trial in Portugal to support 5G deployment By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:06:52 GMT ETSI Licensed Shared Access specifications for a trial in Portugal to support 5G deployment Sophia Antipolis, 27 March 2019 Spectrum usage in the mid-term will tend to focus more on spectrum sharing among the various radiocommunications systems, as a principle rather than as an exception and technological and regulatory solutions need to be found that allow for this implementation. With 5G coming soon, Licensed Shared Access (LSA) gives carriers new spectrum capabilities in the absence of incumbent. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI OSM Release SIX enhances Edge support and lets your Network Service fly By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:04:26 GMT ETSI OSM Release SIX enhances Edge support and lets your Network Service fly Sophia Antipolis, 20 June 2019 ETSI OSM Release SIX is now available! The new Release brings a huge new set of capabilities to provide end-to-end orchestration across heterogeneous networks and cloud technologies. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI NFV announces new features to its architecture to support 5G By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:01:03 GMT ETSI NFV announces new features to its architecture to support 5G Sophia Antipolis, 1 July 2019 ETSI NFV has enhanced the system as well as designed new features to support 5G networks. Specifically, 5G resource management and orchestration aspects were added on top of the NFV Release 2 architecture framework. Read More... Full Article
sup New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:59:47 GMT New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments Sophia Antipolis, 8 September 2020 Today ETSI announces the publication of its White Paper on DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments. DNS (Domain Name System) is a key infrastructure element in any distributed edge cloud as it is used to ensure that modern (i.e. URL/URI-based) services requests are resolved to the properly located service instances. The best instance may often be decided based on properties other than location, e.g., service latency, resource availability as well as the device identifier. Read More... Full Article
sup CEN, CENELEC and ETSI held a workshop on standards in support of the industrial data value chain By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:01:17 GMT CEN, CENELEC AND ETSI HELD A WORKSHOP ON STANDARDS IN SUPPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DATA VALUE CHAIN Sophia Antipolis, 29 September 2021 Industrial data has become one of the top strategic priorities for European and international industry in the recent years. Well managed and duly exploited, industrial data bring a significant competitive edge to businesses and can greatly improve overall efficiency, be it by supporting core processes or by providing a new source of insights. In this data-driven era, industrial data play an essential role in building the foundation of the next wave of digitization in Europe. For this reason, it is key to the success of a harmonized Single Market and European competitiveness in the global market, but also for the success of the twin transition (green and digital) at the heart of the EU policy agenda. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI releases two Technical Reports to support US NIST standards for post-quantum cryptography By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:28:24 GMT ETSI releases two Technical Reports to support US NIST standards for post-quantum cryptography Sophia Antipolis, 6 October 2021 In 2016 the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced their intention to develop new standards for post-quantum cryptography. They subsequently initiated a competition-like standardization process with a call for proposals for quantum-safe digital signatures, public-key encryption schemes, and key encapsulation mechanisms. NIST have stated that they intend to select quantum-safe schemes for standardization at the end of the current, third round of evaluation. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:52:56 GMT ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments Sophia Antipolis, 9 November 2021 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as "Release 5”, officially kicking off the new Release technical work after their September meeting. The Release 5 work program is expected to drive ETSI NFV’s work into two main directions: consolidating the NFV framework and expanding its applicability and functionality set. On the one hand, some aspects of the NFV concepts and functionalities that have been addressed in previous Releases, but need additional work, will be further developed in Release 5. For instance, based on development, deployment experience and feedback collected during testing events such as the “NFV/MEC Plugtests”, additional work on VNF configuration was deemed necessary. Another example is the more detailed specification work related to fault management modelling which aims at further defining faults and alarms information to improve interoperability during network operations, in particular for root cause analysis and fault resolution in multi-vendor environments. Read More... Full Article
sup New ETSI specification allows single UICC to support the use of multiple applications simultaneously By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:48:19 GMT New ETSI specification allows single UICC to support the use of multiple applications simultaneously Sophia Antipolis, 26 October 2022 New specifications released by ETSI will enable multiple subscriptions and identities to exist in the same smartphone handset without needing several SIM cards to be within the device. The mobile telecom industry has been facing an increasing demand for applications running on mobile devices like banking, payments, transport and identity for some time. These new specifications address this demand by adding the possibility to host and address several "virtual secure elements" into the same UICC. This allows multiple virtual secure elements to coexist logically separated, whilst having the ability to be addressed independently through the same physical interface. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI NFV Releases Architecture Enhancements to Support Cloud-Native Network Functions By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:30:05 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 26 January 2023 The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualization (ISG NFV) has just published its next drop of specifications around new enhancements of the NFV architecture that will support cloud-native network functions. Read More... Full Article
sup How cybersecurity standards support the evolving EU legislative landscape By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:57:55 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 8 February 2023 On 7 February, the European Standards Organizations (ESOs), CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, joined forces with ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, to organise their 7th annual conference. The hybrid conference took place at the Brussels Renaissance Hotel and focused on “European Standardization in support of the EU cybersecurity legislation”. Read More... Full Article
sup New ETSI White Paper on MEC Support for Edge Native Design: an application developer perspective By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:06:18 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 22 June 2023 ETSI has just released a new White Paper on “MEC Support for Edge Native Design” written by members of the ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group (ISG MEC). This White Paper provides an overview and vision about the Edge Native approach, as a natural evolution of Cloud Native. Read More... Full Article
sup ETSI Standardization in support of AI By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:01:07 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 13 February 2024 Sharing intelligence: ETSI AI Conference highlights role of standardization in supporting ICT industry transformation. Held at ETSI’s Sophia Antipolis headquarters from 5-7 February, the event welcomed close to 200 participants from 25+ countries, with featured speakers including AI experts from government agencies, standards bodies, academia and industry. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies are enabling disruptive new applications across a wide range of digital products and services. Reviewing the current status of AI developments worldwide, the Conference explored the role of standardization in ETSI and other SDOs to support the development of a robust market for safe, lawful AI applications and services within the framework of European policymaking. Read More... Full Article
sup TeraFlowSDN Release 3 Provides a Cloud-based Network Automation Platform Featuring New Optical SDN Controller and Expanded Support for Disaggregated Networks By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:19:13 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 30 April 2024 The ETSI TeraFlowSDN community is proud to announce the third release of TeraFlowSDN, an innovative and robust SDN orchestrator and controller, delivering a fully featured Network Automation Platform. In this latest release, TeraFlowSDN enhances its capabilities with the integration of an Optical SDN controller, expanding device support to include gNMI and OpenConfig protocols. It also features enriched network integrations for end-to-end orchestration like IP over DWDM, L3VPN, MEC, and network topology exposure. The management of network topologies is improved with the addition of a new BGP-LS speaker able to discover the topologies, and a new Forecaster component is introduced, providing predictive insights for network management. These additions substantially augment the versatility and management capabilities of the TeraFlowSDN platform. Read More... Full Article
sup 2024 Martin J. Forman Lecture | Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence By www.youtube.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:19:24 GMT Full Article
sup 2024 Martin J. Forman Lecture | Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence By www.youtube.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:21:07 GMT Full Article
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sup Learning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food Security By www.youtube.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:12:15 +0000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhFYrwJjow Full Article From Our Channel News
sup Learning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food Security By www.youtube.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:36:23 +0000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ata12_CZy4A Full Article From Our Channel News
sup Yo-kai watch. 17 / story and art by Noriyuki Konishi ; original concept and supervised by Level-5 Inc. ; translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki ; English adaptation, Aubrey Sitterson ; lettering, John Hunt. By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: "Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms! … A mysterious door opens, causing Nate to run into weird and wacky Yo-kai from the past, present and future. Watch as they participate in a battle royale to decide which Yo-kai is the strongest!" -- Provided by publisher. Full Article
sup Volume 47, Issue 38 (Supp-2) By www.osc.ca Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:17:44 GMT Full Article
sup Global Food Policy Report 2024: Improving governance to create supportive environments for diet and nutrition policies By www.ifpri.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:09:33 +0000 Global Food Policy Report 2024: Improving governance to create supportive environments for diet and nutrition policies Key steps to strengthen institutions and relationships The post Global Food Policy Report 2024: Improving governance to create supportive environments for diet and nutrition policies appeared first on IFPRI. Full Article
sup Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact By www.ifpri.org Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:34:32 +0000 Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996. Dr. […] The post Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact appeared first on IFPRI. Full Article
