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Mexico: The new initiative – Another blow to mining?

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On 28 March 2023, the Mexican President introduced a bill to Congress, containing a decree that amends, adds and repeals various provisions of the Mining Law, the National Water Law, the Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Law, and the General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste, in relation to mining and water concessions.
Mining is a priority activity for a country’s economic growth, as it provides the minerals and raw materials needed for different industrial sectors. If approved as proposed, this initiative would hamper the development of the sector by restricting the exploration, exploitation and processing of these minerals.

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In Employment

Chile: The “40 hours” Law

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On 11 April 2023, Congress approved the law that reduces the working schedule from 45 to 40 hours per week. Its publication in the Official Gazette is pending, but this should occur within the next few days. The law will mostly come into force gradually at different times.

In Corporate Compliance

Brazil: Justice Secretary publishes ordinance with new guidelines for social networks in connection with attacks on schools

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On 12 April, Justice Secretary Flavio Dino issued an ordinance that makes it possible to hold digital platforms accountable for the dissemination of content that promotes violence in schools. The document sets forth specific obligations for platforms, such as the immediate removal of certain content after a request from the competent authorities, systemic risk assessment, adoption of measures to prevent the spread of new threats to schools and a policy of active content moderation by application providers. In addition, platforms must prepare reports for the justice secretariat analyzing the risk factors of spreading certain illegal content, and whether recommendation algorithms or other algorithms used by platforms, as well as the content moderation practices adopted, contribute to such risk factors.

In Employment

International: Global Employment Law Fastpass for United States Multinationals (Webinar Series Invitation)

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Join us for a four-part webinar series as our US moderators welcome colleagues from around the globe to share the latest labor and employment law updates and trends. US-based multinational employers with business operations in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas regions will hear directly from local practitioners on the major developments they need to know, and come away with practical tips and takeaways to implement.

In Trade and Foreign Investment

Argentina: Decree of Necessity and Urgency No. 194/2023

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On 10 April 2023, the National Executive Power issued the Decree of Necessity and Urgency No. 194/2023 with the purpose of re-establishing, on an extraordinary and transitory basis, the Export Increase Program created by Decree of Necessity and Urgency No. 576/2022 for those subjects and producers of regional economies that have exported at any time during the 18 months immediately prior to the entry into force of this decree, goods whose tariff positions of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR are listed in Annexes I and II of Decree 194.

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