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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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Jun
18
2015
DOL Report on Quality of Independent Plan Audits Shows that Plan Sponsors Must Continually Monitor Plan Compliance McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
18
2015
OSHA, Easing Compliance for New HazCom Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
18
2015
Brookfield Zoo Fires Employee For Social Media Comment About Serving “Rude A** White People” Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
18
2015
Assignment To Transferred Service Provision Not For Client To Decide, Says UK’s Employment Appeal Tribunal Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2015
Medical Marijuana Users Get Smoked by High Court of Colorado Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
17
2015
Colorado High Court Deems Use of Legal Marijuana Valid Ground for Termination Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
17
2015
Minnesota Federal Court Applies Texas Law, Proceeds to Blue Pencil Restriction re: Non-compete Agreement Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2015
NLRB Dramatically Educates Private School on Meaning of Concerted Protected Activity Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
17
2015
A Look Ahead to The Supreme Court’s 2015-16 Term Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2015
EEOC Targets Minnesota Company for Alleged Transgender Discrimination Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
17
2015
Employee Surveillance: Every Step You Take…Can Your Employer be Watching You? McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
17
2015
Colorado Employers Can Fire Workers for Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use Armstrong Teasdale
Jun
17
2015
Doctor’s Hope for Change Insufficient to Support ADA Accommodation Request Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2015
Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use Held Permissible Basis to Terminate Employment ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
16
2015
Add Connecticut to Your List of States with a Social Media Privacy Policy Law Favoring Employees Mintz
Jun
16
2015
New CFRA Regulations Coming Your Way: California Family Rights Act Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
16
2015
Retailer’s Lack of Actual Knowledge of Applicant’s Need for Religious Accommodation Does Not Bar Religious Bias Suit Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
16
2015
California Court of Appeal Refuses to Enforce Forum Selection Clause Because Employer Would Not Stipulate to Apply California Law and Did Not Show that the Foreign State’s Legal Protections Were Equal to California’s Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
16
2015
Colorado Supreme Court Holds Medical Use of Marijuana is Not “Lawful”; Upholds Employee Discharge For Positive Drug Test Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
16
2015
NLRB Reaches Agreement With The Republic Of Columbia To Educate Columbian Citizens On The NLRA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
16
2015
Los Angeles Mayor Approves Minimum Wage Increase Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
16
2015
OFCCP’s Section 503 Regulations Withstand Challenge: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
16
2015
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, National Labor Relations Act and more - Indian Nations Law Update - June 2015 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
16
2015
How to Structure Compensation Arrangements for Mortgage Loan Officers Vedder Price
Jun
16
2015
Wal-Mart Stores East to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
16
2015
Eight Tips for Addressing OSHA’s New Enforcement Guidance on RAGAGEP under the Process Safety Management Standard Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
16
2015
Toy Story and a Recent Employment Case From the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
16
2015
Ban the Box (Plus) Comes to New York City; Jurisdiction Latest to Prohibit Employers From Inquiring About Criminal History Mintz
 

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