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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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Jun
25
2020
Walking The Tightrope: Dealing With Employees’ Different Viewpoints On COVID-19, Racial Justice, and Partisan Politics (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
20
2023
Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act Goes Into Effect Soon Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
26
2017
Whose Lie Is It Anyway? Not For Employer To Decide If Whistleblowing Disclosure Is Protected Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
8
2018
National Labor Relations Board Issues More Useful Guidance on Handbooks and Other Policies (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
1
2016
Employer Representatives at French Pre-Dismissal Meetings Should be Chosen Carefully to Avoid a Finding of Procedural Irregularity Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2021
US Federal Labor Viewpoints – Week of June 28, 2021 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
19
2018
UK trade union representative unfairly dismissed despite unlawful misuse of confidential information. Really? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
30
2019
EEOC Must Continue Collecting Pay Data Until January 31, 2020 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
13
2023
Employees on Long-Term Sickness Absence – Out of Sight, Out of Mind No Longer (Belgium) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
18
2016
A Deep Dive into the New STEM OPT Extension Rule: What Employers, Big and Small, Need to Know Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
20
2019
Are the grounds for dismissal the rationale or the reason? (UK) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
2
2024
Belgium – “When the Lights Go Out”: The Burn-Out Pandemic Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
25
2022
Crikey, It’s the Rozzers – Police Involvement in Your Workplace Investigation (UK) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
26
2020
Pennsylvania Hazard Pay for COVID-19 Frontline Workers (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
12
2015
Victorian Attitudes to Exploitation of Interns in Australia Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
28
2020
Post-Lockdown Working, Part 5 – Doing your Homework (UK) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
13
2015
Utah Passes Law Prohibiting LGBT Employment Discrimination Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
9
2018
Upcoming NLRB Developments Should Significantly Affect Employer Property Rights and the Processing of Unfair Labor Practice Charges Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
23
2015
Class Actions Threaten “On-Demand” Industry—Uber And Lyft In Glare Of Unwelcome Spotlight Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
25
2015
US Supreme Court Holds That Agencies Are Not Required To Comply With Notice And Comment Requirements When Revising Interpretative Rules Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
14
2020
Unpacking National Interest Exception Requirements to Recent Presidential Proclamations Suspending Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants: Hoops and Hurdles Remain (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
1
2015
UK Employers Named And Shamed For National Minimum Wage Breaches Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
31
2018
U.S. Department of Labor Forms New Interagency Compliance Office Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
26
2020
FLSA Compliance Update: Employers Must Exercise Reasonable Diligence In Tracking Hours Worked By Remote Workers (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
14
2015
Transfer of Undertakings in Poland – Do Non-Competition Covenants Transfer With Employee? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
25
2018
Compliance Now Required: New FCRA Summary of Rights Released Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2016
Mean Manager Mistreats Minion – Employer Left To Pay The Cost Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
8
2018
Post-Epic Systems, Kentucky Supreme Court Holds That Under State Law, Employers Cannot Require Mandatory Arbitration Agreements as a Condition of Employment Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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