On 12 July 2024, the Tribunal for Anti-Sexual Harassment (“Tribunal”) established under the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022 (“Act”), issued its first award in a sexual harassment case involving a male employer and a female employee. This development is a timely reminder that sexual harassment cases occurring within the workplace can still be heard by the Tribunal under the Act, and that employers owe legal duties to its employees in managing workplace sexual harassment.
The long-awaited Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 has now been made publicly available. Among the key changes it seeks to introduce are: direct obligations for data processors, mandatory data breach notification, requirement to appoint data protection officer(s), new data subject rights on data portability, an expanded definition of sensitive personal data, and a general legal basis for cross-border transfers.
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive exempts financial institutions from due diligence to identify, mitigate and remedy potential adverse impacts, whether human rights or environmental, in their downstream “chain of activities”. In practice, however, it will be hard to escape entirely, not least as the sector will still need to adopt and implement transition plans.
Across the continent, countries are gearing up for the energy transition by updating and modernizing policy and legislative frameworks that consider the need for a renewable, decarbonized, decentralized energy supply that addresses climate change and Paris Agreement commitments.
In this article, we unpack a recent ruling passed by the Indian Supreme Court — India’s apex court — in the matter of M.K. Ranjitsinh & Ors. v. Union of India. What does the Court’s ruling say about India’s focus on energy transition in the face of environmental conservation? And what does this mean for investors looking to leverage opportunities in the energy transition market in India?
On 8 June 2024, the Electric Vehicles Charging (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (“Amendments”) came into operation. The Amendments introduce a new Regulation 4A into the Electric Vehicles Charging (Licensing) Regulations 2023 (“Regulations”), which prescribes the types of insurance Electric Vehicle Charging Operators (EVCOs) must have and maintain before EVCOs can be granted a licence to provide EV charging services in Singapore or operate an EV charging station under Sections 45(2)(f) and 45(3) of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022.
On 19 June 2024, Resolution No. 101/2024 (“Resolution”) was published in the Official Gazette. The Resolution established that the 17.5% Tax on the Acquisition of Foreign Currency (“Tax”) no longer applies to the acquisition of foreign currency to pay for the importation of goods to be used in the projects included in the list. The Resolution will apply to the operations carried out to acquire foreign currency as of 19 June 2024.
Republic Act No. 11898, or the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022 (“EPR Act”), lapsed into law on 23 July 2022 and took effect on 12 August 2022. Under the EPR Act, obliged enterprises, as part of a Collective or with a producer responsibility organization, are required to prepare and register with the National Ecology Center their extended producer responsibility program.
Newly proposed amendments to Bill C-59, Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, introduced by the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on 2 May 2024 (“Standing Committee Amendments”), seek to further toughen rules on drip pricing (including so-called ‘junk fees’), savings claims and greenwashing under the Competition Act. The Standing Committee Amendments propose to expand on the Bill C-59 amendments to the deceptive marketing provisions of the Act
On 23 May 2024, the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), published as Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, entered into force following its adoption by the Council of the EU and European Parliament on 11 April 2024 and its publication in the EU’s Official Journal earlier this month. We are pleased to provide you with an assessment of the relevance of the CRMA and the implications it will have.