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The National Law Review keeps its finger on the pulse on legal developments related to working.  Keeping employers and employees abreast of the latest labor and employment law news. We review legal news developments including issues involving interviews and employer review sites like Glassdoor, Indeed and Rate My Employer. We cover all aspects of employment and labor disputes including, disability access and accommodations, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, unfair competition and trade secrets, whistleblower actions, business immigration, workplace privacy, wrongful termination and more matters adjudicated before the courts as well as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) and state and local agencies.

We feature the latest news on emerging compliance issues such as Affordable Care Act (“ACA”/”Obamacare”) and Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) mandates, EEOC and Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) enforcement, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) investigations, employee benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), the Department of Labor (“DOL”) Fiduciary Rules, joint employers status, E-Verify, workplace privacy, whistleblower actions, overtime requirements, and prevailing wage laws.

Employers can find the latest information on employment agreements and documents including: executive employment and compensation agreements, employee handbooks, sexual harassment policies, independent contractor agreements, social media policies, internet and email usage policies, separation agreements, equity compensation agreement and employee arbitration agreements.

On a state level, the National Law Review covers the latest on legislation, from laws banning-the-box and limiting the questions employers may ask during the hiring process; including limitations on questions about previous salary history and criminal history.  Additionally, the nation-wide push for employers to establish paid family leave & sick policy and the resulting patchwork of rules.  The National Law Review also  offers an analysis of employees rights to post about their work experience and how employers can respond to employees' on-line reviews and provides information to help companies remain compliant.

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Recent Employment, Labor, EEOC & NLRB Regulatory Law News

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Sep
23
2011
Mandatory Bonus Due to Employees Upon Certain Distributions of Dividends Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
23
2011
NLRB Releases Poster For Posting By November 14, 2011 McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
23
2011
Recent NLRB Actions: Notice Posting Requirement, Proposed Election Rules and New Case Law Tilt Toward Organized Labor Much Shelist, P.C.
Sep
22
2011
OFCCP's FAAP Rule Revision Places More Burdensome Requirements on Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
22
2011
Countrywide Protected Fraudsters by Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees Center for Public Integrity
Sep
22
2011
Social Media in the Workplace: NLRB Offers Guidance for ALL Employers on Offensive Posts and Social Media Policies Much Shelist, P.C.
Sep
21
2011
Bass Pro Failed to Hire Blacks and Hispanics at its Stores Nationwide, EEOC Says in Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
21
2011
DC Circuit’s Proxy Access Decision to Stand, but SEC to Allow “Private Ordering” of Proxy Access Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
21
2011
Ninth Circuit Rules That State Social Workers Are Not "Learned Professionals" Exempt from Overtime Pay Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
21
2011
EBSA Issues Interim Policy on Electronic Disclosure Under 29 CFR 2550.404A- U.S. Department of Labor
Sep
21
2011
NLRB Releases Report on Social Media Decisions McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
20
2011
NLRB Requires Employer to Rehire and Provide Backpay to Employees Terminated for Derogatory Comments Made About Co-Worker on Facebook Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
20
2011
Employer-Provided Cell Phones May Generally Be Treated as Nontaxable Fringe McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
19
2011
Environment : Energy : The Politics of Energy New GOP Target at EPA: Graduate Student Interns Who are Tools of Obama’s 'Radical Policies' Center for Public Integrity
Sep
19
2011
IRS Issues Guidance Permitting Tax-Free Treatment of Employer-Provided Cell Phones and PDAs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
19
2011
The Truth about Clean Energy Jobs U.S. Department of Energy
Sep
18
2011
NLRB Permits Micro-Units In Specialty Healthcare Decision Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
18
2011
EEOC and ABM Industries Settle Discrimination and Retaliation Case for Latino Workers U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
18
2011
DOL Releases Interim Guidance on Electronic Delivery of Participant-Directed Retirement Plan Disclosure Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
17
2011
US Department of Labor finds nutritional beverage company, former CEO in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protection provisions U.S. Department of Labor
Sep
17
2011
California Legislature Passes "Worker Misclassification" Bill Creating Civil Penalties For Willful Misclassification Of Independent Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
16
2011
Navigating Wisconsin State Income Tax Credit Incentives Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Sep
16
2011
Seventh Circuit Allows Supervisor to be Comparator of Plaintiff in Discriminatory Discharge Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
16
2011
EEOC Sues Olam for Refusing to Hire a Pregnant Job Applicant U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
15
2011
Ninth Circuit Attempts to Clarify Learned Professional Exemption's Educational Requirement Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
14
2011
Proposed cybersecurity legislation would protect employers from information theft by departing employees, if a policy prohibits such conduct Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
14
2011
FDIC Recovery Efforts Highlight D&O Insurance Issues McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
14
2011
How the NCAA Has Used the Term “Student-Athlete” to Avoid Paying Workers Comp Liabilities Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
 

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