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ESG and internal investigations: New compliance challenges
As ESG concerns have come to the forefront in different jurisdictions, the scope of these inquiries is expanding in kind.
COVID-19 emergency temporary standards survive legal challenge
United States | Publication | marzo 2021
A San Francisco Superior Court judge denied requests of employers in two consolidated cases to block the enforcement of California's COVID-19 emergency temporary standards, or ETS, which we have written about previously. As the judge memorably observed: "With the single exception of restrictions on attendance at religious services, which present unique constitutional considerations, no federal or state court in the country has blocked emergency public health orders intended to curb the spread of COVID-19, and the illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths that follow in its wake…. This Court will not be the first. Lives are at stake."
That's a wrap. See you next month for another top five developments for California employers.
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“First Ready, First Connected”: Reform to GB Electricity Grid Connections
The “First Ready, First Connected” reforms proposed by the Electricity System Operator (ESO), and which could be in place by the end of Q2 2025, aim to address existing issues with the application process for connections to the GB electricity grid.
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