Microsoft Endorses Right to Repair; Apple Doubles Down on Opposition
Microsoft responds to a shareholder resolution by supporting the right to repair, at least in theory; Apple remains opposed.
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Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK
Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, anti-secrecy legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies isn’t working
Read more...Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage
Raising minimum wages is good for workers and (surprise!) company operations! Too bad those whiny managers worry they will skim less.
Read more...European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland
Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud with funds laundered via UK corporate entities
Read more...The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years
Clean energy and green growth proponents greatly underestimate the amount of change needed to migrate off fossil fuel sources.
Read more...Waste Watch: U.S. Lags on Plastics Legislation
Despite leading the world in per capita plastics consumption, the U.S. lags in efforts to do anything about disposing of plastics waste.
Read more...NLRB General Counsel Authors Memo Characterizing ‘Student-Athletes’ as Employees, Clearing Way for Them to Unionize; Employment Law Implications Extend to Others Misclassified as Independent Contractors
NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo outlines arguments for treating college athletes as employees, thus allowing them employment law protections.
Read more...Ralph Nader: While Americans Sleep, Our Corporate Overlords Make Progress Impossible
Politicians from both parties do the bidding of their corporate overlords rather than act on behalf of voters.
Read more...Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children
New reasons to be wary of acetaminophen.
Read more...Avoiding Water Bankruptcy in the Drought-Troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran Can Learn from Each Other
Water woes are becoming part of the new normal. What can be done to alleviate them?
Read more...Vaccine-Only Mandates as a Manifestation of the Bizarre Civil War-Stoking Impulses of the Professional-Managerial Class in the US
Why the vaccine-focused approach is not likely to develop necessarily to the advantage of the Biden Administration.
Read more...When McDonalds Came to Denmark
How Danish workers got McDonalds to comply with local labor practices, including high wages.
Read more...NYC Set to Pass Food Delivery App Laws Securing Workers Minimum Pay, Bathrooms and More
Gig workers, specifically deliveristas, are en route to securing important workplace protections, like minimum wages and bathroom rights.
Read more...Sports Desk: Top College Athletes Strike Endorsement Deals; Meanwhile, the NCAA Seeks to Influence Pending Federal Legislation
The NCAA has changed its rules so that student-athletes can profit from commercial endorsement deals that use their names, images, and likenesses.
Read more...Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic
In the midst of the pandemic, more than half of U.S. states have passed legislation taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases.
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