International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 3
Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS: Origin rules create risks as well as opportunities
- AVIATION: Huge fines in QRS-11 sensor cases underscore importance of properly classifying exports
- EXPORT CONTROLS: The U.S. continues to assert jurisdiction over re-exports of U.S.-made content in non-U.S. made components
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Revised International Trademark Law Treaty Adopted
- CHINA: Recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement-related Developments in China
- BILATERAL TRADE: American investors conducting business in Uruguay may soon have an additional source of protection for their foreign investments
- SANCTIONS: Cuban embargo enforcement lands Sheraton in violation of Mexican Law
Insights
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Beginning January 1, 2025, New York employers will be required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid “prenatal personal leave” during any 52-week calendar period to attend prenatal medical appointments during or related to pregnancy. New York is the first state in the country to mandate paid leave specifically for pregnant employees. “Prenatal personal leave” is included in an amendment to New York’s budget, recently signed into law as Sections 196-b.2 and 4-a of the New York Labor Law by the governor and cleared by the state legislature.
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