Significant changes for network operators and site providers expected throughout 2023

Britain’s financial regulators would face more scrutiny over their policies for consumers and the economy from Parliament under proposals from members of the House of Lords.

The new French  Law on emergency measures relating to the functioning of the French labour market for full employment, known as the "Marché du travail" Law, published in the French "Journal Officiel" on December 22, 2022, includes the following main provisions:

Supporters of the legislation called it "landmark" and "groundbreaking."

Adults who groom children into a life of crime will face up to five years’ imprisonment under legislative plans announced recently.

South Africa is developing new legislation to speed up energy projects to add generating capacity and help end power cuts, a presentation by the country's energy crisis committee showed.

Since 1 January, the German catering industry has been hit by new regulations mandating food businesses to introduce a reusable packaging option. The law was adopted back in May 2021 and set to take effect in 2023, giving companies the chance to prepare for the shift.

With the passing of 2022 and the coming of the New Year, a slew of new laws are coming into effect across Europe, many of which went into force at the stroke of midnight on December 31. From changes to German sick-notes to France's war on telemarketers, here are some of the more notable legal changes you could be affected by in 2023.

Japan enforced a new law on January 6 to prevent financial exploitation by religious and other groups and help victims, banning such groups from soliciting donations through malicious acts.

The paper emphasizes the need to enact new laws since the current legal code lacks provisions to punish cybercrime

New U.S. state laws governing everything from salary and wages to income tax are taking effect at the start of 2023.

The Covid pandemic led to a reimagining of the concept of work. Forced to stay at home, employees and businesses quickly realised that tasks they had always performed in-person or on-site could be done remotely. Staff who sat in traffic and sat at a desk in an office building all their working lives saw that they could carry out their jobs from their kitchen tables, spare bedrooms or local remote working hubs. As the final Covid restrictions were lifted in early 2022, some businesses decided it was time to return to the office but many workers were reluctant to do so.

Saudi Tourism Ministry officials intend to visit hospitality facilities in the Kingdom to develop and raise the level of services and safety they offer. This will be done in cooperation with investors and in preparation for the new tourism scheme in the Kingdom, according to official sources.

A new statewide law banning the intentional release of balloons in Hawaiʻi — and the strongest such measure in the country — went into effect Jan. 1, 2023.

Cars for girls, dolls for boys and no more pink and blue. For Spain's left-wing government and the toy industry, it's game over for gender stereotypes when it comes to the country's littlest citizens.

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has been invited to testify in the European Parliament, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.