Labor & Employment

The National Law Review provides readers with news coverage and issues, involving working and labor and employment law in the United States, and how it affects employers, employees, major corporations and executives throughout the country.  Current trends like whistleblower protection and employees' rights concerning disclosure of information about their corporate employer or government employer if the employer is engaged in illegal activities and protection for employees concerning retaliation due to whistleblower complaints.

The National Law Review offers in-depth analysis of some of the major federal agencies/governing bodies that impact employer/employee relationships.  Analysis of the make-up of the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) as well as analysis of the major decisions coming from that board are covered by the legal experts at the National Law Review.  Additionally, news and guidance, as well as staffing changes at the Department of Labor are also covered and analyzed, with legal experts providing insight into what has happened, and what might happen as a result.  Updates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and their interpretations and guidelines on specific regulations related to worker safety, like the Silica standard, are also covered by NLR. 

Changes in employment law based on state developments, and issues that impact employer procedures in hiring and interviewing hiring, such as how ban the box legislation impacts hiring as well prohibitions against asking about previous salary levels, and employer reviews sites like Glassdoor are covered by the National Law Review.  As states and cities pass and amend employment-related legislation, the National Law Review carefully analyzes the implications of these changes to provide background information for companies seeking to stay compliant.

Some of the subjects covered on the site include employment and compensation agreements, employment violations in the workplace, non compete and arbitration agreements, the #MeToo Movement and sexual harassment, sex-discrimination cases, employee handbooks and policies, wellness programs, and how to properly train employees, especially given the number of employment-related lawsuits and EEOC enforcement actions. are addressed by the National Law Review

Readers can also learn about employment agreements in areas including the use of personal email accounts, electronic devices, and email/internet policies in the workplace. With data and security being a hot-topic in recent months, the National Law Review has the latest details about data protection policies, encryption, and data security and employee privacy rights within organizations. Topics like pay equity/gender pay gap issues, affirmative action disputes, civil rights actions, business immigration laws, disability accommodations, ERISA policies, unfair competition, workplace privacy, whistleblower lawsuits, wrongful termination, and trade secrets, are all cases and stories visitors will find on the National Law Review website.

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Jun
20
2016
DOL’s New Persuader Rules Take Effect Soon – Are You Ready? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
20
2016
OFCCP publishes sex discrimination regulations Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
20
2016
Even As They Lament The Horrific Reality Of Mass Violence, Employers Must Consider How To Prevent It In Their Workplaces Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
20
2016
Enactment of Los Angeles and San Diego Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinances Requires Employers to Reassess Their Policies Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
20
2016
EEOC Releases Model Wellness Program Notice Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
20
2016
Moving Away From the “Mad Men” Era: The OFCCP Updates Its Sex Discrimination Guidelines Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
20
2016
House Tries to Block Overtime Rule; Department of Education Releases Proposed Rule on Student Loan Debt and Dear Colleague on Title IX; GAO Report on Student Loan Servicers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
20
2016
Mine Agency Focuses Attention on Workplace Exams, Diesel Exhaust Exposure Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
20
2016
New OSHA Whistleblower ‘Shaming’ Program Draws Fire Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
20
2016
D.C. Lawmakers Join California and New York Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
20
2016
SEC Whistleblower Awards, Union Election Rules, Mixed-Guard Unit Recognition: Employment Law This Week Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
19
2016
Newark Port Automobile Processing Facility to Pay $350,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
19
2016
Supreme Court Upholds “Implied Certification” Theory of Liability Under the False Claims Act Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Jun
18
2016
Liberty Chrysler Dealerships to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
17
2016
Calling All Entrepreneurs – Australia Wants You! Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2016
DOL Provides Important Guidance Regarding “Persuader Rule” Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
17
2016
Beware of Limits on Workers in U.S. on Tourist Visa Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
Colorado Repeals State Employment Verification Requirement Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
H-2A Delays Cost Farmers Profits and Customers Varnum LLP
Jun
17
2016
NJ Supreme Court Says Employees Can’t Agree to Shorten Statute of Limitations Stark & Stark
Jun
17
2016
Healthcare Subsidies for Grad Students: An ACA Conundrum Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
New Jersey Rejects Contractual Shortening of Limitations Period Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
17
2016
DOL Online Wage Library – Prevailing Wages will change on July 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
17
2016
Los Angeles Approves Minimum Wage Increases and Mandates Employers to Provide 48 Hours of Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
New Final Rule Expands Sex Discrimination Prohibitions for Federal Contractors Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Jun
17
2016
OFCCP’s New Sex Discrimination Regulations Imposes a Few New Obligations on Employers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Enforcement of Shortened Limitations Period for Discrimination Claims Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
EEOC Addresses Women’s Issues at White House’s United State of Women Summit Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
17
2016
Mean Manager Mistreats Minion – Employer Left To Pay The Cost Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2016
NLRB Ambush Election Rule Withstands An Appeal Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jun
17
2016
EEOC Releases New Documents Regarding Pay, Pregnancy Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2016
Three California Municipalities Enact New Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Laws Mintz
Jun
16
2016
Is Mandatory Paid Family Leave In Your Future? Polsinelli PC
Jun
16
2016
Beena Beauty Holding, Inc. d/b/a Planet Beauty: NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions, May 23 – 27, 2016 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
16
2016
Ontario's Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act Dickinson Wright PLLC
 

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