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Meta will block access to news articles for all Facebook and Instagram users in Canada after the country passed a new law, the Online News Act, which would force internet companies to pay news publishers for their content.

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Viberts Partner Vicky Milner and English Solicitor Rebecca De Freitas, summarize the report and explain its recommendations.

This report follows Proposition P.32/2021 of the States Assembly, which called for a review of existing employment legislation to ensure the adequate protection of employees working on zero hour contracts and, as needed, the strengthening of the regulation of these contracts.

Summary findings include the following:

1. The Forum endorsed recent legislative changes to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hour contracts.
2. The Forum recommended that

A bail hearing for a Mississauga, Ont. the man accused of betting suicides by selling a toxic substance online was expected to proceed Friday but has been adjourned until next month.

Kenneth Law, 57, appeared briefly in a Brampton courtroom via video link from a holding cell Friday morning.

Attorney Matthew Gourlay, who represents Law, told CBC News that his client has chosen to “not exercise his right” for a good hearing at this time.

“This may change as the case moves through the system,” Gourlay said in an email Friday.

Law remains in custody pending his next court appearance,

Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman’s law license over his work on former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman’s law license over his work on former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Attorney John Eastman fought to overturn the 2020 presidential election and

Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was shot by an unknown gunman and had to accuse Khan of high treason, according to police.

Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been formally named in connection with the killing of a lawyer who accused him of high treason. Khan has called the accusation “foolish”.

Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was on his way to the Balochistan High Court complex in Quetta on Tuesday when he was shot by unknown gunmen, according to a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday. Police officials told Al Jazeera that Shar was shot more than 10 times

OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday.

The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the Senate upper chamber earlier on Thursday and will become law after receiving royal assent from the governor general, a formality.

The legislation was proposed after complaints from Canada’s media industry, which wants tighter regulation of tech companies to prevent them from elbowing news businesses out

Age discrimination has been an area of ​​some discussion with human resources and people and culture teams with concerns over fitness for work, use of technology, physical ability and ability to adapt and change are brought into question. There are of course some positions where there are specific legal obligations around age retirement. However, in Australia most discrimination cases have been battled out in general protections claims or state discrimination cases.

The Federal Court of Australia case of Gutierrez v MUR Shipping Australia Pty Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 567 now represents a landmark for age discrimination in the federal

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.

The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants.

Ottawa has said the law creates a level playing field between online advertising giants and the shrinking news industry. And Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has promised to push back on what he describes as “threats” from Facebook and Google to remove journalism