International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 7
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.12.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- REGULATIONS: Recent Regulations Proposed by Department of State Will Make U.S. Agency Regulators More Accountable for Regulatory Commitments Abroad
- PHARMACEUTICALS: Pharmaceutical Companies May Face Override of Patent Rights for Public Health Concerns
- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: Multi-National Firms Use Southeast Asian FTAs to Enter Indian Markets Demonstrating the Benefits of FTAs to Non-FTA Party Companies
- WTO: New Agreement Among WTO Members Could Allow Foreign Companies Greater Access to Taiwan's Government Procurement Market
- ANTI-DUMPING IN THE EU : European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandleson, announces review to decide the best way of balancing competing commercial interests in enforcing EU anti-dumping policy
- EXPORT CONTROLS: BIS Reaffirms Deemed Export Rules By Formally Withdrawing Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- C-TPAT: C-TPAT Establishes Mandatory Security Link Portal
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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