Labor & Employment

The National Law Review provides readers with news coverage and issues, involving working and labor and employment law in the United States, and how it affects employers, employees, major corporations and executives throughout the country.  Current trends like whistleblower protection and employees' rights concerning disclosure of information about their corporate employer or government employer if the employer is engaged in illegal activities and protection for employees concerning retaliation due to whistleblower complaints.

The National Law Review offers in-depth analysis of some of the major federal agencies/governing bodies that impact employer/employee relationships.  Analysis of the make-up of the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) as well as analysis of the major decisions coming from that board are covered by the legal experts at the National Law Review.  Additionally, news and guidance, as well as staffing changes at the Department of Labor are also covered and analyzed, with legal experts providing insight into what has happened, and what might happen as a result.  Updates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and their interpretations and guidelines on specific regulations related to worker safety, like the Silica standard, are also covered by NLR. 

Changes in employment law based on state developments, and issues that impact employer procedures in hiring and interviewing hiring, such as how ban the box legislation impacts hiring as well prohibitions against asking about previous salary levels, and employer reviews sites like Glassdoor are covered by the National Law Review.  As states and cities pass and amend employment-related legislation, the National Law Review carefully analyzes the implications of these changes to provide background information for companies seeking to stay compliant.

Some of the subjects covered on the site include employment and compensation agreements, employment violations in the workplace, non compete and arbitration agreements, the #MeToo Movement and sexual harassment, sex-discrimination cases, employee handbooks and policies, wellness programs, and how to properly train employees, especially given the number of employment-related lawsuits and EEOC enforcement actions. are addressed by the National Law Review

Readers can also learn about employment agreements in areas including the use of personal email accounts, electronic devices, and email/internet policies in the workplace. With data and security being a hot-topic in recent months, the National Law Review has the latest details about data protection policies, encryption, and data security and employee privacy rights within organizations. Topics like pay equity/gender pay gap issues, affirmative action disputes, civil rights actions, business immigration laws, disability accommodations, ERISA policies, unfair competition, workplace privacy, whistleblower lawsuits, wrongful termination, and trade secrets, are all cases and stories visitors will find on the National Law Review website.

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Jul
7
2016
Get Ready, OSHA'S Fines and Penalties Are Going Up! Keller and Heckman LLP
Jul
6
2016
Beware Possible Costs of Rejecting Good Offer in Australian Fair Work Cases Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2016
Union Remains Active In Health Care Industry Despite Withdrawing Initiative To Cap California Health Care Executive Salaries Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
6
2016
OFCCP Announces Final Rule on Sex Discrimination Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
6
2016
NLRB Takes Steps To Facilitate Sharing Of Federal Contractor Labor Law Violations In Anticipation Of The Final Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces (a.k.a “Blacklisting”) Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
6
2016
Survey Says: 73% of Employees Taking FMLA Are Non-Exempt, and Other Tidbits Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
6
2016
Massachusetts House Passes Noncompete Reform, H. 4434 Mintz
Jul
6
2016
Employers Risk Higher Penalties for Hiring Unauthorized Workers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2016
Restrictive Covenant Survey Responses in UK – Case for Change? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2016
Philadelphia Ordinance Restricting Credit Checks on Job Applicants, Employees Effective July 7 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2016
German Statutory Minimum Wage May Include Vacation and Christmas Bonuses McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
5
2016
IRC Section 457 Proposed Regulations – Bona Fide Severance Pay, Death Benefit, Disability, and Paid Time Off Plans Faegre Drinker
Jul
5
2016
New Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) Amendments Intended To Help California Employers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
5
2016
Pre-Offer Background Checks: Employer Beware Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jul
5
2016
Mine Operators Face Conundrum over MSHA’s RFI on Diesel Exhaust Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
Increases to OSHA Penalties Effective August 1, 2016 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jul
5
2016
What Employers With Affirmative Action Policies Need to Know About a Recent Supreme Court Decision Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
5
2016
NLRB Hits Ceiling in Continual Push to Expand Scope of Protected Concerted Activity Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
5
2016
EEOC's Select Task Force Study of Harassment Provides Robust Training Guidance Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
5
2016
Compliance Date Nears for OSHA’s New Recordkeeping Anti-Retaliation Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
“Look Before You Leap” to Pay Increase Under New DOL Rules Polsinelli PC
Jul
5
2016
Supreme Court Agrees to Review D.C. Circuit’s Decision That Former NLRB Acting General Counsel Served in Violation of Federal Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
5
2016
OSHA Announces New Maximum Penalty Amounts Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
New Legislation on the Posting of Workers to Poland Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
4
2016
Guardsmark Settles EEOC Disability & Genetic Information Discrimination Cases For $329,640 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
3
2016
How Will the Exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (“Brexit”) Affect U.S. Corporations Doing Business in the UK? Vedder Price
Jul
3
2016
EEOC Sues Desco Industries, Inc. for Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
2
2016
Colorado Broadens Whistleblower Protection for State Employees Who Disclose Confidential Information Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
2
2016
Austin's Park N Pizza to Pay $20,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
1
2016
Connecticut Department of Labor Provides a Tool for Businesses During Economic Downturns Raymond Law Group LLC
Jul
1
2016
Brexit Update: UK Employment Law Implications McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
1
2016
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review DOL Home Care Rule Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
1
2016
Maryland Employers Be Aware: Effective Today Maryland’s State-Wide Minimum Wage Increases to $8.75 Per Hour And Montgomery County Increases Its Minimum Wage To $10.75 Per Hour Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
1
2016
Puerto Rico Does Not Have to Comply with DOL’s Final Rule Amending ‘White Collar’ Overtime Regulations, For Now Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
1
2016
IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Under Code Section 457 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
1
2016
Urgent Compliance Point for UK Occupational Pension Plans – Action Required by 5 July 2016 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
1
2016
Huge Increase In OSHA And Certain MSHA Fines Announced Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
30
2016
Yelp "Knows Just The Place" To Complain, Except for Its Employees Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
30
2016
Fifth Circuit Addresses FLSA Tip Credits Once Again Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
30
2016
Two Unanswered Questions from Gomez Keep Employers Guessing on Rule 68 Offers of Judgment Polsinelli PC
Jun
30
2016
Employers Gain Support For Additional Defense to Class Actions After Court Denies Certification for Union Members Due to “Individualized Questions” Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2016
Employer’s Honest Belief That Employee Could Not Perform Job Due to Use of Opioid Medications Did Not Constitute Disability Discrimination Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2016
Texas Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Department of Labor’s Persuader Rule Polsinelli PC
Jun
29
2016
Sixth Circuit Nixes Provider ERISA Suit Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
29
2016
Think You Are Entitled to a Second Opinion Under New Jersey Workers’ Comp? Think Again. Stark & Stark
Jun
29
2016
Texas Court Halts Labor Department’s New Persuader Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2016
No Supreme Court Rehearing in Case on Public Sector Unions’ Right to Charge Mandatory Union Fees Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2016
Proposed EEOC Guidance on National Origin Discrimination Provides Clues to Agency’s Focus Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2016
Business Groups Persuade Texas Judge to Issue Nationwide Injunction Against Enforcement of DOL “Persuader” Rule ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
29
2016
What Does Supreme Court’s Spokeo Decision Mean in ERISA Litigation Context? Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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