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By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read March 12, 2020

COVID-19: Insurance considerations for business disruptions in Canada

One key consideration for businesses when facing potential losses as a result of COVID-19 is the availability of insurance coverage for business interruption and related losses.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / business disruptions, business interruption insurance, commercial property insurance, COVID-19, Insurance coverage, insured perils, supply chain

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 6 Minutes Read August 16, 2019

Blockchain: Just because it’s a buzzword doesn’t mean it’s not the future of the supply chain

In the 2018 contaminated lettuce incident, what if it had been possible to trace the exact path of each shipment of lettuce and then remove from the marketplace only those products that could reasonably have been affected? With blockchain, that would have been possible.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Finance and Accounting / blockchain, blockchain technology, Internet of Things, logistics, OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, supply chain, technology, transportation

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read February 24, 2012

What is happening at the Apple Inc. factory, Foxconn, and how does it affect us?

I have read several articles in the last week regarding Apple Inc.’s manufacturing in China, through the company Foxconn. Perhaps it is time for us to take a step back and really understand what is going on here, and how this affects us in Canada.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights / Apple, audit, better working conditions, China, discrimination, employment law, excessive hours of work, Fair Labour Association, forced labour, Foxconn, globalization, harassment, illegal compensation, investigation, Labour Law, n-hexane, supply chain, training, workers poisoned, working conditions in the factory, workplace code of conduct

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