The Fair Work Commission (FWC, or Commission) recently confirmed that an employee who falsified timesheets while working from home was not unfairly dismissed in Mr Neeraj Kumar v Hansen Corporation Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 519. The decision highlights the importance of remote-work accountability, appropriate workplace monitoring and procedural fairness.
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Since 1966, employers with more than 100 employees and certain federal contractors with more than 50 employees have been required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to annually report data about the demographics of their workforce, specifically disclosing statistics reflecting the racial, ethnic and gender composition of their workforce. Receiving this information directly from
L’EDPB (acronyme anglais du Comité européen de la protection des données[1]) et l’EDPS (acronyme anglais du Contrôleur européen de la protection des données) – les deux autorités ayant le même acronyme en français, « CEPD »[2] – ont adopté le 10 février 2026 un avis conjoint (Avis conjoint 2/2026[3]) sur l’initiative «
The environmental permitting landscape for data centers is shifting rapidly, with federal and state regulators often pulling in opposite directions. The Trump Administration has moved to accelerate federal environmental review and to open federal lands for data center siting. States and localities have responded by tightening scrutiny of the energy, water, and land use impacts
Have the doors to U.S. Bankruptcy courts finally swung open to cannabis companies? Perhaps, but still in only very limited circumstances involving a foreign debtor. Nonetheless, Judge Brendan Shannon’s recent order granting recognition of a Canadian insolvency proceeding [1] filed by a cannabis company is the first crack in the door that many bankruptcy professionals
À l’heure où le législateur accélère la mise en conformité environnementale des bâtiments tertiaires, une question prend une importance croissante en matière de baux commerciaux : les travaux imposés par les nouvelles normes énergétiques peuvent-ils contribuer à caractériser la monovalence d’un local et ainsi justifier le déplafonnement du loyer lors du renouvellement du bail ?
If you follow extended producer responsibility (EPR) litigation, your inbox has been full of updates about Oregon. For good reason: the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) filed suit in federal court in July 2025 challenging the constitutionality of Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, secured a preliminary injunction in February 2026, and has a
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees to temporarily work from home, employers have struggled to bring those remote employees back to the office. Since the return to business as (almost) usual, many employees have asked to extend their flexible teleworking arrangements, sometimes by requesting remote work as a disability accommodation. Those employees would do
The European Commission has moved swiftly to adopt a Middle East Crisis Temporary State Aid Framework (METSAF), creating additional headroom for Member States to support sectors facing acute cost pressures following the escalation of the Middle East crisis, including the Iran-related disruption, and the resulting disruption to global energy markets.
As with earlier crisis frameworks, the METSAF reflects
French law requires that where hosting services providers host certain types of health data, they must first obtain certification as “hébergeurs de données de santé” (“HDS”) which translates as “health data hosting service providers”. The relevant HDS certification framework was updated in 2024. This framework notably incorporates the amendments introduced by the law of 21
