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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
25
2015
California Court Of Appeal Holds That Party Seeking To Enforce Forum Selection Clause As To Unwaivable Statutory Rights Has Burden To Show Enforcement Would Not Diminish Rights Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
25
2015
Restroom Access Should Be Consistent with Employee’s Gender Identity, OSHA Says Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
25
2015
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Termination of Medical Marijuana User in Coats v. Dish Network Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
Jun
25
2015
West Virginia Supreme Court Reaffirms Requirements for Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Diagnoses Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
25
2015
Judge Dismisses Fair Notice Claim Despite Inconsistent MSHA Enforcement Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
25
2015
Self-Help Discovery Does Not Immunize Employee from Prosecution, Says New Jersey Supreme Court Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
24
2015
Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Takes Effect July 1st Mintz
Jun
24
2015
In Sickness And In Health – Paid Sick Leave Comes to California Effective July 1, 2015 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
24
2015
Region 28's Average Election Time Now 18 Days: Ambush at the NLRB Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Jun
24
2015
North Carolina Business Court: There's A Difference Between "Confidential And Proprietary Information" And A Trade Secret Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
24
2015
Oregon Becomes the Fourth State with a Paid Sick Leave Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
24
2015
Gone, But Not Forgotten – A Deactivated Facebook Account Can Be Discoverable McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
24
2015
UK Employment Tribunals Apply Some Gas to Stayed Holiday Pay Claims Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
23
2015
Oregon Enacts Paid Sick Leave Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Employers’ Right to Terminate for Use of Medical Marijuana During Nonworking Hours Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
23
2015
OSHA’s Response to Compliance with the New Reporting Rules and What it Means to Employers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Background Checks—EEOC Seeks to Eliminate Barriers to Recruitment and Hiring Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Narrowing the “Gender Pay Gap”—EEOC Files Suits Under the Equal Pay Act Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Worth the Fight: Conditional Certification of FLSA Collective Actions is Not Automatic Faegre Drinker
Jun
23
2015
Religious Discrimination and Accommodation—EEOC Is Victorious in New U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Attorney General’s Office Issues Final Regulations on Massachusetts Sick Time Law Mintz
Jun
23
2015
Lessons from the Sony Hack: The Importance of a Data Breach Response Plan Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Systemic Investigations and Litigation—EEOC Gives Priority to Enforcement Initiative Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
New Nevada Law Provides Gaming Industry with Broader Employment Background Investigation Powers Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jun
23
2015
Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds No ERISA Preemption Of Section 419(b) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
23
2015
Transgender Protections Under Title VII—EEOC Relies on Expanded Sex Discrimination Theories Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Department of State Releases July 2015 Visa Bulletin Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
23
2015
Sixth Circuit Approves NLRB’s Jurisdiction over Michigan Indian Tribe Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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