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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
24
2012
St. Louis Restaurant Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
24
2012
Entertainers, Facebook Messages and the Work-Product Doctrine? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
24
2012
HITECH: Business Associates Beware – New Rules, Audits and Enforcement on the Horizon! Mintz
Jun
24
2012
Summer Begins, Workers Feel the Heat U.S. Department of Labor
Jun
23
2012
BYOD: The Risks of Bring Your Own Device to Work Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
23
2012
Albuquerque Bakery & Café Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
23
2012
Drug and Device Development Outsourcing Faegre Drinker
Jun
23
2012
Sixth Circuit Requires a Net Loss to Sue in Certain ERISA Stock-Drop Cases McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
23
2012
EEOC Appellate Briefs Now Online U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
23
2012
"Going Back to School" - NLRB To Review Graduate Student Assistant Issue (Again) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
23
2012
“Deferred Action” and Work Authorization Will Soon be Available to Certain Young Persons Who Are Without Immigration Status Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
22
2012
RExO Grants: Reduce Recidivism and Build Lives U.S. Department of Labor
Jun
22
2012
Mobile Problems? The Bring Your Own Device to Work Movement Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
22
2012
DOJ Office of Special Counsel Files Lawsuit Against Hotel and Casino for Discriminatory Hiring Practices During Employment Verification and Re-Verification Processes Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
22
2012
The NLRB Gets Busy Williams Kastner
Jun
22
2012
Supreme Court: Extra Union Dues Must Be Presented On An Opt-In Basis Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
22
2012
Pinetop Lakeside Sanitary District to Settle EEOC Charges of Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
21
2012
EPA Announces $3 Million In Environmental Job Training Grants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jun
21
2012
Working for Working Women U.S. Department of Labor
Jun
21
2012
Attorneys’ Fees Awarded In Consumers Energy Discrimination Case Varnum LLP
Jun
20
2012
Johns Hopkins Home Health Care to Pay $160,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
20
2012
OSHA’s Flame-Resistant Clothing Memo Deemed ‘Improper Rulemaking’ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
20
2012
Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Decision in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
20
2012
Expanding the Use of Work Sharing U.S. Department of Labor
Jun
20
2012
California Formalizes Strict Approach to TEA Designation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
20
2012
Policy Provisions: NLRB Issues Third Report on Social Media Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
19
2012
Supreme Court: Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Are Exempt from Overtime Pay Requirements Per FLSA'S Outside Sales Exemption Mintz
Jun
19
2012
New NLRB Website Describes Rights of Employees To Engage in Protected Concerted Activity Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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