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2023 Outlook of the Americas – Prepare Your Workforce for a Year of Challenges

In this How to Do Business in the Americas podcast series installment, Littler attorneys Lori Brown, Jorge Sales Boyoli and Juan Carlos Varela discuss relevant labor and employment issues employers will face in the Americas in 2023.

Topics include managing “wandering workers,” making staffing decisions in this period of economic uncertainty, and addressing the impact of labor law reform and union activism in multiple countries, among other issues multinational employers can anticipate at this post-pandemic stage.
 




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Return to Work: Challenges and Practical Recommendations

In this How to Do Business in the Americas podcast series installment, Shareholder Juan Carlos Varela and Rodrigo Tajonar, Chief People Officer of the Boston Globe Media, discuss how organizations are dealing with the aftermath of the pandemic in the workplace.
 




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Violence Prevention Plans, Hybrid Work Woes, Valuing Veterans, and Other Employment Challenges for 2024




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New PWFA Accommodation Challenges




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Immigration Challenges for Employers in the UK

  • A number of measures seeking to curb legal migration to the UK will take effect in the coming months.
  • Changes include limits on Health and Care worker visas, increases in skilled worker going rates and salary thresholds, a review of Graduate visas, changes to family visa minimum income requirements, and an Immigration Health Surcharge hike, among others.




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New Normal: New Challenges: Guidance for Navigating Facial Covering Requirements and the Challenges of Non-Compliance

Chelsea Lewis provides recommendations for navigating the challenges that may arise when customers or clients refuse to abide by COVID-19 mandates.

ACC South Florida

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Heat Stress Proposal Challenges Employers on Proving Compliance

Alka Ramchandani-Raj says a proposed OSHA rule would direct OSHA inspectors to request to see an employer’s written heat plan as part of construction site inspections on days the temperature has reached the rule’s trigger point. 

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Challenges and Best Practices for Home Care Employers Following the Elimination of the Companionship Exemption

On October 1, 2013, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (DOL) published a final rule in the Federal Register eliminating the Fair Labor Standard Act's (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime exemption for home care workers employed by home care agencies and other companies.  The new regulations also significantly narrow the exemption for home care workers employed directly by the individuals or families receiving home care services. 




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C-Suite Executives Committed to Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Despite Backlash and Legal Challenges, Littler Survey Finds

(January 10, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released its Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IE&D) C-Suite Survey Report, completed by more than 320 C-suite executives across the United States.




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Election Outcomes, AI Adoption, and ESG Issues Pose New Challenges for European Employers, Littler Survey Finds

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has released its seventh annual European Employer Survey Report, based on responses from nearly 630 human resources (HR) executives, business leaders, and in-house lawyers from across Europe—57% of whom hold C-suite positions at their organisations.




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ETSI IPv6 White Paper outlines best practices, challenges, benefits and the way forward

Sophia Antipolis, 26 August 2020

The ETSI IP6 Industry Specification Group has just released a White Paper on the lessons learned from IPv6 best practices, use cases, benefits and deployment challenges. This White Paper puts forward recommendations to ease the adoption of IPv6 and to motivate the industry for the upcoming large-scale deployment of IoT, 4G/5G, IoT Cloud Computing benefiting from the restoration of the end to-end model.

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ENISA and ETSI joint workshop tackles challenges for European identity proofing

ENISA and ETSI joint workshop tackles challenges for European identity proofing

Sophia Antipolis, 3 May 2022

Today ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and ETSI organized a workshop as part of their joint effort and collaboration to support EU requirements for identity proofing. The event was mainly addressed at EU companies and other public or academic organizations that run or prepare to launch their remote ID solution.

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Navigating through Challenges and Opportunities of Cybersecurity Standardization

Sophia Antipolis, 8 March 2024 

On 5 March, the European Standardization Organizations (ESOs), CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, joined forces with ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, to organize their 8th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference.

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Social Media for Science Outreach – A Case Study: TEDMED Great Challenges

To tie in with this month’s SoNYC birthday celebrations, we are hosting a collection of case




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SpotOn London 2013: Altmetrics – The Opportunities and the Challenges

Marie Boran is a PhD candidate at the INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, the National






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University of Toronto Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development

Toronto, ON – University of Toronto announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Professor Aaron Wheeler, of the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and his research team will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, […]




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Designing the engineer of 2050: Canadian engineering educators meet in Toronto - National conference will spark discussion on reinventing education to prepare tomorrow’s diverse engineering leaders to address challenges we can’t yet imagine

National conference will spark discussion on reinventing education to prepare tomorrow’s diverse engineering leaders to address challenges we can’t yet imagineToronto, ON – The toughest problems facing humanity in the 21st century — from water scarcity to urban intensification to personalized medicine — will be tackled by tomorrow’s engineers. Many of the issues they will work to solve […]




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New Noncontact Technologies Meet the Challenges of the Evolving Automotive Industry

The transition from ICE to electric powertrain requires a complete review of the approach to quality and process controls. Some existing checks for ICE find even more extensive applications for the EV sector.




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Is Your Color Workflow Resilient for Today’s Supply Challenges?

Simple changes to how you use color measurement technology and the right training can significantly impact quality control and your bottom line. Here are seven questions every quality control manager should be asking.




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AI-Driven Automation is Transforming Manufacturing and Overcoming Key Challenges in the Industry

Advancements in AI and machine learning offer hope to revolutionize industrial automation and tackle modern manufacturing challenges.




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Conquering Logistics Challenges for Optimal Quality Output

Today’s manufacturing environment demands greater product variety, shorter lead times, and higher customer expectations. To meet these challenges, manufacturers need agile and efficient intralogistics solutions, specifically scalable, modular systems that adapt to production changes and optimize resources while ensuring high quality.




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How AI is Addressing Vital Challenges Across the Metrology Value Chain

In March 2023, after a GPT model passed a biology exam, Bill Gates noted on his blog that AI could save lives and address climate change. If AI can tackle such significant challenges, it can also help with issues faced by manufacturers, metrologists, and quality control professionals. This article will examine the challenges metrologists encounter and highlight potential AI-driven solutions in the metrology value chain.




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NAVAC Comes to Aid of Couple Facing Health Challenges

Miracle Mechanical has successfully transformed the lives of families facing financial and health-related challenges with no-cost HVAC and plumbing services.




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Overcoming the Top Challenges to an HVAC Business

Starting an HVAC service business requires thorough planning. After a while, more problems and challenges pop up one after the other.




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HVACR Techs Help Supermarkets Meet the Challenges of Change

Supermarkets and grocery stores are facing challenging times as the $1.2 trillion annual sector strives to maintain its relevancy in a sea of change.




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Conference Tackles Challenges for Food Retailers, HVACR Contractors

Many end users, as well as refrigeration engineers and contractors, attended Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI’s) 2018 Energy & Store Development Conference in Atlanta, looking for advice on how to respond to these trends.




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Commercial Challenges Yield Product Innovation

Winners of the The NEWS’ eighth annual Dealer Design Awards’ HVAC Commercial Equipment category have brought new ideas to the commercial market that should help contractors meet the commercial challenges they face.






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Navigating Post-Storm Challenges

Steve White, President and COO of PuroClean, outlines crucial steps for homeowners navigating recovery. From avoiding scams to essential safety tips, learn how restoration professionals can help you rebuild and regain peace of mind during this challenging time.




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Ben Looper: How to Proactively Plan for Leadership Challenges

Learn how building a strong team culture, investing in leadership development, and planning for the future can set your restoration business up for long-term success.




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Maternal & Early Childhood Series: Adoption Challenges in PA

The 4th installment of our series on Maternal and Early Childhood Issues looks at the role the Wolf Administration has played in curtailing Catholic adoption efforts in Pennsylvania. https://fb.watch/bBXX1F6m97/ A woman we’ll call Kelly talked with me about her adoption a number of years ago through Catholic charities. She learned details of what happened as she got older. Kelly says it could have worked out any better. Kelly’s story was a familiar one for decades, but one that is happening less and less in many states across the country, as officials have placed restrictions on adoption agencies that contradict their long-held beliefs. Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf several years ago joined Democratic governors in other states to require adoption agencies to place children with same-sex parents in order to get funding. That requirement by Governor Wolf would be in direct contrast with the long-standing Catholic belief that a marriage is between a man and a woman. It is that parental combination, Catholics believe, that is the best way to raise a child. The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference appealed to the Wolf Administration for a religious exemption. It was denied in 2018, basically causing most adoption efforts by Catholic organizations in PA to grind to a halt. Similar regulations have been shutting down Catholic adoption agencies across the U.S. ever since Boston Catholic Charities did so in 2006. The efforts by the PCC to remove this burden continued on both the state and federal level. We sent an appeal to the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington to grant us a religious exemption. We worked closely with U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly on getting federal relief. A number of state senators sent a letter to President Trump asking him to provide relief for our efforts. We’re hoping that a recent Supreme Court ruling involving foster care services by Catholic Charities in Philadelphia. Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia started when the city said it would no longer contract with Catholic Social Services because CSS would not certify same-sex couples to be foster parents In response, two foster mothers—Sharonell Fulton and Toni Simms-Busch—and the CSS sued the city, arguing that severing the contract violated their religious freedom. Fulton and Simms-Busch, the mothers who are plaintiffs, claim it was their Catholic faith that inspired them to be foster mothers.After losing in two lower courts, they petitioned the Supreme Court, which first agreed to hear the case in February 2020. Over a year later  the Court ruled that the city’s refusal due to the agency’s same-sex couple policy violated the Free Exercise Clause. Great news and a big win for religious liberty. The PCC is hoping the principal will carry over into adoptions, but the damage may have already been done. In 2019 the Diocese of Greensburg closed its adoption and foster care program after 65 years because of the decision by the Wolf Administration. Adoptions were halted by Catholic agencies in other parts of the state.  Will the adoption work done by these organizations ever return to what it once was? We can only hope and pray.




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Opportunities and Challenges for Brands Under 2020 Labeling Regulations

As food and beverage manufacturers navigate a consumer audience that has changed its attitudes and behaviors completely, they must also address changing the Nutrition Facts on their labels. Changes to labels like those required under the current regulations can have wider-reaching implications for some brands.




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Addressing Business Challenges and Sustainability in Screen Printing

The pandemic caused a sudden storm that has buffeted individual companies and entire industries and caused business leaders to seriously consider the critical importance of resilience, efficiency, and sustainability.




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SideDrive Conveyor Co. Launches to Solve Sanitary and Gentle Handling Challenges

SideDrive Conveyor provides sanitary spiral and long-run transferless conveyors for virtually any application.




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NAB Show New York Tech Chat Stage Presents Solutions to Content Community Challenges

NAB Show New York attendees will have the opportunity to interact directly with exhibiting companies about their brands and products through sessions on the Tech Chat Stage, part of a new immersive show floor experience. NAB Show New York returns in-person October 19-20, 2022 at the Javits Center.




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Enterprise IT: Strategies, Challenges, Outlook - Part 2

A panel discussion of the chief concerns of Enterprise IT stakeholders.




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Enterprise IT: Strategies, Challenges, Outlook - Part 3

A panel discussion of strategies for surviving the tectonic shifts in Enterprise IT.




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Enterprise IT: Strategies, Challenges, Outlook - Part 1

A conversation about Oracle IT Strategies and their implementation in the real world.




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IoT: Technical Challenges and Innovation Opportunities - Part 1

Architects from Verizon Telematics and Sascar describe the nuts and bolts of their respective Internet of Things solutions in this roundtable discussion.




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IoT: Technical Challenges and Innovation Opportunities - Part 2

Meeting Internet of Things challenges: massive data streams, security and privacy issues, evolving standards and protocols.




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IoT: Technical Challenges and Innovation Opportunities - Part 3

Mobile devices as gateways in M2M communication, emerging solutions to security challenges, and the bright future for the Internet of Things.




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Taking Charge: Meeting SOA Governance Challenges - Part 1

What are we talking about when we talk about SOA Governance? Why does is matter?




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Taking Charge: Meeting SOA Governance Challenges - Part 2

Some things never change: Exploring the most persistent SOA Governance challenges.




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Taking Charge: Meeting SOA Governance Challenges - Part 3

The most common SOA Governance mistakes and why organizations make them.




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Taking Charge: Meeting SOA Governance Challenges - Part 4

Cloud, mobile, IoT - what new challenges face SOA Governance in the rapid evolution of enterprise IT?




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BPM: Challenges and Changes - Part 4

What's the one thing you should know before starting your first Oracle BPM project? Advice you can use from a panel of experts.




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BPM: Challenges and Changes - Part 3

How does the new Oracle Process Cloud Service compare to Oracle BPM? The panelists talk it out.