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Lawmakers pursue bipartisan proposals for paid leave and newborn tax credits

Lawmakers from both parties are pursuing proposals aimed at reducing financial pressures on American families, including expanded access to paid family leave and a new tax credit for parents of newborns. The bipartisan More Paid Leave for More Americans Act would expand paid leave through a state-driven, public-private partnership model while establishing a national framework intended to help employers administer benefits across state lines. Separately, the Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026 would create a tax credit of up to $2,000 for families bringing in a newborn child; supporters cite childcare costs, declining birth rates, and broader caregiving pressures. The paid leave proposal has bipartisan sponsors in both chambers, with supporters hoping Congress will revisit it during the lame-duck session after the November midterm elections, while the newborn tax credit legislation has not yet been taken up by the House. 

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UK
Labour to extend rights to workers stuck in 'bogus self-employment'

Nearly 1m workers trapped in "bogus self-employment" may gain rights from new proposals announced at Labour's party conference. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds will today vow to close loopholes that let employers evade obligations like the National Minimum Wage. A formal consultation will explore extending employment rights to workers such as parcel couriers, delivery drivers and gig economy workers and will also consider a legal assumption of worker status in tribunal cases.

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Europe
French public sector workers strike over pay freeze

Teachers, healthcare workers, local government staff, tax officials and firefighters in France are on strike today to put pressure on the government ahead of the 2027 budget debates later this week, which could see a freeze on public sector salaries for a fourth successive year. “There are a lot of expectations, there is a profound anger among civil servants,” CFDT union head Marylise Léon said on France 2 TV yesterday. “There’s a fundamental problem of compensation and recognition for this work,” she observed.

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Middle East
Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing

Anthropic has warned investors that its technology may pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity” in the start-up's long-awaited initial public offering prospectus. Reuters says it is an “extraordinary” warning from a company that is seeking to profit from the same technology. Anthropic's IPO ‌prospectus said the company's AI models could exhibit "self-preserving behaviours," including attempts to "resist shutdown," to "conceal or manipulate information" and behaviour "resembling blackmail." Approximately 80 pages of the 261-page main body of the prospectus lays out risk factors.

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