Discriminatory practices in the workplace are strictly prohibited by Article L. 1132-1 of the French Labor Code and Article 225-1 of the French Criminal Code. Prohibited treatment includes treating an employee, a job applicant, or an applicant for an internship or a training course differently or unfavorably compared to another […]
Read MoreCredit: Ramón Díaz Yanes – Cartoon Movement’. The image was originally featured in The New Humanitarian | Why so many humanitarian crises are ‘forgotten’, and 5 ideas to change that By Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel BunceNORWICH / EDINBURGH / LONDON, Feb 1 2023 (IPS) In a new book, […]
Read MoreLate last year, Congress enacted a sweeping set of new retirement savings rules. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0), included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, builds on the significant retirement savings changes previously enacted by the original SECURE Act of 2019. The changes affect both […]
Read MoreEl País, in an article about the food crisis in Egypt, quoted IFPRI findings from a recent issue post in the High Food & Fertilizer Prices and War in Ukraine series and interv
Read MoreFollowers of “The Last of Us,” a 2013 video game release that’s now a top HBO drama series in the United States, know that the apocalyptic storyline begins with a heat-adapted fungus that takes control of humans and turns them into zombies. While there’s no zombie apocalypse on the horizon […]
Read MoreCountries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, World Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime The disparity between the demand for and supply of regulated pharmaceutical products leaves room for trafficking and provides an incentive for the involvement of organized criminal groups.
Read MoreA wind energy generation plant located in Loiyangalani in northwestern Kenya. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS By External SourceWASHINGTON DC, Jan 31 2023 (IPS) Meeting our climate change goals will require massive investments in clean energy projects, in both advanced economies and across the Global South. But financing projects in the latter […]
Read MoreOn 3 November 2022, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 2057 into law as Act 122. The act made numerous amendments to Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, also known as the “Associations Code” (the Title 15 Update).1 This multipart series provides a summary of the key changes coming to […]
Read MoreSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed Naomi Philp as a partner in the Corporate practice team in Sydney, continuing a recent run of partner hires and promotions within the Corporate and Asset Management and Investment Funds teams both in Australia and globally. Philp joins K&L Gates from […]
Read MoreCountry: World Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies The shocking Covid death toll – estimated at more than 6.5 million people – has inspired the humanitarian group to take a deep dive into how countries can prepare for the next health emergency.
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