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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Apr
14
2017
“Orchestrating impartiality:” Blind Auditions and Cracking the Glass Ceiling in Symphonies Zuckerman Law
Dec
3
2015
“Operation Spinal Cap” Sees Former Hospital Executive, Physicians Charged for Their Roles in Kickback Scheme McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
15
2011
“One-Strike-And-You’re-Out” Drug Testing Rule Deemed Lawful by U.S. Court of Appeals Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Nov
9
2017
“One-Size-Fits-All” Return-To-Work Policies Cause An Extra Large Problem For Major US Airline Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
21
2016
“On Call” Shifts Still In the Hot Seat in Massachusetts Mintz
Nov
15
2019
“OK, Boomer!”: Not Okay In the Office Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
24
2020
“Oh, We Were Just Leaving!”: California Court Halts Order Requiring Uber and Lyft to Reclassify Drivers Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
28
2022
“No-Fault” Attendance Policies Now Unlawful in New York: What Should Employers Do? Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
26
2019
“No Harm, Still Foul”: Actual Harm Not Required for Plaintiffs Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Act K&L Gates
Feb
10
2020
“No Backsies?” — Not Rehiring a Recently Retired Employee Can Lead to Liability Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
15
2014
“New” Minimum Wage Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Dec
15
2017
“Newly Minted” NLRB Majority Begins to Roll Back Decisions of the Obama Board Polsinelli PC
Nov
11
2012
“Nearest-Tenth Of An Hour” Rounding Policy Permissible Under California Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
16
2017
“Micro-Units” Eliminated: NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare Proskauer Rose LLP
May
31
2022
“Material Changes” to New Hampshire’s Noncompete Law Proposed Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
1
2015
“Loyalty” Provision Actually an Unenforceable Restraint of Trade, Georgia Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
“Look Before You Leap” to Pay Increase Under New DOL Rules Polsinelli PC
Feb
1
2024
“Let’s Talk Compliance”: OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance: How to Refresh Compliance Programs Foley & Lardner LLP
May
29
2009
“Ledbetter” Law Enacted
Aug
31
2017
“Lead Independent Director” Or “Presiding Director”? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
7
2017
“Last Minute” Fiduciary Rule Check-In: What Plans and Arrangements Are Covered Faegre Drinker
Jun
2
2017
“Last Minute” Fiduciary Rule Check-In: What Independent RIA Firms Should Do Now Faegre Drinker
May
13
2016
“Ladies’ Night” Promotions in Hong Kong – Good Business or Unlawful Discrimination? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
5
2024
“Knock on Our Door Before We Knock on Yours:” Recent DOJ Trends Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
23
2018
“Janitor Problem” Sinks Illinois Non-Compete Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
2
2018
“I’ll Be Back . . . Probably”: The Terminator’s Conundrum Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
9
2019
“It’s Quiet … Too Quiet” – Summer Comes to UK Employment Law Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
19
2015
“It Was Great” and Other Things NOT to Say in Support of Your Harassment Claim Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2021
“It Applies To Us?” -- U.S. Employers Surprised by Expansive Job-Posting Requirements in Colorado’s New Equal Pay Law Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
17
2012
“Illegal” job interview questions? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
19
2017
“Ignorance” May Not Be Bliss: Tenth Circuit Court Denies Employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment on ADA Claim Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
1
2018
“I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world” – Dress Codes and Discrimination in the UK Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
2
2018
“I Can See Clearly Now” - DOL Issues Wage And Hour Opinion Letters Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
22
2020
“I Am Not Wearing That!” – What Can An Employer Do When An Employee Refuses To Comply With COVID-19 Workplace Requirements? (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
16
2022
“I Always Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me”: How the NLRB General Counsel Proposes to Curtail Employer Surveillance Ward and Smith, P.A.
 

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