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Digital Tax Goldrush Creates Big Compliance Challenges for Multinational Tech Companies
October 30, 2019
Writing in forbes.com, Brian Peccarelli, co-CEO of Thompson Reuters, explains the compliance challenges digital tax proposals are posing for multinational tech companies.
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International Trade Union General Secretary Seeks Treaty Restraints on Corporations
October 30, 2019
In a Social Europe op-ed, Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, a legally-binding global instrument on business and human rights would help remedy "the power and greed of huge corporations [that] have captured governments" and "are acting against the rights and interests of their own workers."
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Draft Report of 5th Session Results in BHR Treaty Update
October 23, 2019
The IGWG has released a revised draft for a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
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Business and Human Rights Draft Treaty Progresses
October 16, 2019
A new version of the UN’s draft treaty on business and human rights strengthens its protection focus.
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OECD Global Tax Proposal Takes Aim at Tech Giants
October 16, 2019
The OECD has proposed a global shake-up of corporate taxation, overturning a century of rules that had allowed digital groups such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google to shift profits around the world to minimize their tax bills.