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The Evolution of ESG Reports and the Role of Voluntary Standards

Harvard Corporate Governance

We study ESG reports at two units of analysis: the document-year level and document-topic year level (“the topic level,” going forward). topic-level analysis) to understand the rich heterogeneity within these documents. We find that the language used within topics has evolved as the operating environment has changed.

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Employer Vaccine Mandates, Worker Refusals, and Unemployment Benefits

ThomsonReuters

Supreme Court settled the issue of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for certain employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on January 13, 2022, by blocking its implementation. The answer, as you might expect, is complicated. . Legislation ( L.

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A Pressing Topic for the Corporate Social Voice

Reynolds Holding

public health preparedness are an appropriate, and pressing, topic to be addressed by the recently dormant corporate social voice. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that system experienced what many consider an almost complete fail. The frightening deficiencies in U.S. As the prominent scientist Eric Topol, M.D.

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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

ThomsonReuters

I talked about worker classification after taking an app-based driver to the airport, COVID-19 vaccines for employers after passing through airport security, and wage and hour issues after arriving in Miami Beach and checking into my hotel. After checking into my hotel, I went for a walk to get a bite to eat. increased to 14.8%.

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The Top Internal Audit Articles of 2021

Internal Audit 360

I f 2020 was the “Year of Covid,” 2021 will go down as a year of trying to return to normal. It fair to wonder if we will ever really return to normal, or if we’ll just get used to the new realities of life in the age of COVID-19. Yet, in many other ways things remained far from normal this year.

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Last Week in Payroll: The List and Legality of Employee Vaccination Requirements

ThomsonReuters

The List and Legality of Employee Vaccination Requirements. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website , the seven-day moving average cases for the coronavirus (COVID-19) is 119,523, as of August 13, 2021. These spikes in positive cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. California. . hospitals).

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Updating Annual Report Risk Factors

Harvard Corporate Governance

Impact of COVID-19 : As we enter the third year of the pandemic, it may still be too early to entirely eliminate COVID-19 specific risk factors, but companies may be able to significantly streamline their disclosures.