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Biden Administration Targets Occupational Exposure to PFAS

Workers' Compensation

The Biden-Harris Administration announced accelerated efforts to protect American workers from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which can cause severe health problems and persist in the environment once released, posing a severe threat across rural, suburban, and urban areas.

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What OSHA’s new COVID safety guidelines mean for your business

Business Management Daily

Under the Biden Administration, expect OSHA to more aggressively enforce these health and safety protocols. OSHA may not specifically require businesses to, for example, install physical barriers between employees. However, OSHA could consider not doing so a failure to adhere to existing mandatory safety and health standards.

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DOL’s Final ESG Rules Reflect Warmer Attitude Toward ESG, But Maintain Bedrock Principle that Risk and Return Cannot Be Sacrificed

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

Accordingly, ESG-themed funds must be evaluated relative to other alternatives in the particular asset class, and fiduciaries could be exposed to potential claims if an ESG-themed investment option underperforms its benchmark. It remains to be seen how state laws that restrict consideration of ESG factors will be interpreted or applied.

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DOL’s Latest ESG Proposal: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

As part of a directive by the Biden administration to review Trump administration-era regulations that were inconsistent with the promotion and protection of public health and the environment, the DOL announced on March 10, 2021 that it would not enforce the current rules until it completed a review thereof and issued further guidance.

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Arab Revolution - Phase 2: Pharaoh Falls

Ahmed's Universe

What does this purport for the region, the world and US foreign policy? How ironic that they got rid of King Farouk because he was too subservient to British interests (the power of the day) and they ended up just doing America''s bidding. How can that be a change? So by next week, and maybe even this weekend, he''ll be gone."