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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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Jun
7
2016
Employee Error Accounts for Most Security Breaches Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
7
2016
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Hit With Substantial Disability Discrimination Award Murtha Cullina
Jun
7
2016
EEOC Issues ADA And GINA Rules Applicable To Employer Wellness Programs Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
7
2016
Whole New Workplace Exam: MSHA Proposes Major Changes Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
7
2016
Designated Investment Alternatives: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #8 Faegre Drinker
Jun
7
2016
EEOC to Issue Comprehensive Guidance on National Origin Discrimination – Opens Comment Period to the Public Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
7
2016
New York Attorney General Contends Domino’s Is a Joint Employer with Franchisees Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
7
2016
Telecommuting as an ADA Accommodation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
7
2016
Keeping Remote Employees Close “At Hand”: Staying Compliant when Hiring Peripatetic, Home-based, and Telecommuting Employees Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
7
2016
Civil Penalties for Illegal Working – How to Protect Your UK Business Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
7
2016
Employers Should Ensure Their Policies Comply with the Recent Amendments to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
7
2016
Companies on Notice as White House Releases Report on Non-Competes Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
7
2016
Austin, TX Becomes Latest City to Ban the Box for Private Employers Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
7
2016
Second Appellate District in California Rules Combined 20-Minute Break Acceptable When It Avoids Material Economic Loss Attributable to Particular Production Activities Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
7
2016
EEOC Increases Penalties for Employment Law Posting Violations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
7
2016
New Jersey Employment Legislative Update: Paid Sick Leave Bill Stalls Again, But Minimum Wage Hike Advances Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2016
Employee’s Electronic Signature on Arbitration Agreement Is Authentic Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
6
2016
Employers Need Not Tolerate Workers Screaming On the Electronic Street Corner Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
6
2016
The Ninth Circuit Affirms Employer’s Time-Rounding Practice Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
6
2016
Los Angeles Expected to Join Other Cities with Paid Sick Leave Ordinances Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
6
2016
California Corner: San Francisco Mandates First Employer-Funded Paid Parental Leave Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Appellate Courts Set the Supreme Court Stage for Waiver Showdown? Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
6
2016
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 — Ambitions to Modernize and Diversify the Economy Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2016
Expanding the Timer: Supreme Court Gives Employees More Time to File Claims Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
6
2016
Seventh Circuit Invalidates Class Action Waivers and Sets Stage for Supreme Court Battle Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Jun
6
2016
NLRB Curtails Employers’ Right to Hire Permanent Replacements for Strikers – Bolsters Unions’ Ability to Use Intermittent Strikes Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
6
2016
House Considering Legislative Branch Final Passage with Structured Rule, Senate to Move on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Spending Bill in Committee Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
6
2016
House and Senate Defense Bills Target Executive Order Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2016
Colorado’s New Pregnancy Accommodation Law Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
6
2016
Termination For Conduct Caused By Side Effects of Prescription Medication Was Not Disability Discrimination Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2016
No Pregnant Pauses Here: Workplace Laws Protecting Expectant Mothers Becoming the Norm across the United States Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Discipline & Disparagement: Does an Employer Have Recourse against Employees Publicly Criticizing Its Products? Vedder Price
Jun
6
2016
Employment Law This Week: Constructive Discharge Claims, Class Waivers Split, Electronic Record-Keeping Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
6
2016
Post-Termination Restrictions: The UK Courts' Strict Approach Vedder Price
Jun
5
2016
Two Hawk Employment Services To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
5
2016
Prime, Inc. to Pay Over $3 Million After Court Ruled it Used Discriminatory Hiring Practices U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
4
2016
EEOC Sues Baystate Medical Center for Religious Discrimination & Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
3
2016
EEOC Plows Ahead on Obama’s Initiatives. Next Up: National Origin Discrimination Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Are Permanent Replacements Permanent Any More? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Summer Hours: Make Sure Summertime Flexible Hours Work ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
3
2016
Ninth Circuit Approves Neutral Rounding of Employee Time Clock Punches Polsinelli PC
Jun
3
2016
The Seventh Circuit Rejects Class & Collective Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
3
2016
Federal Agencies Release Joint Proposed Rule on Financial Institution Incentive-Based Compensation Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Wisconsin Right to Work Law: Reinstated while appeal proceeds Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
3
2016
Digital Investment Advice for Retirement Savings: Does the Robot Know Best? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Eighth Circuit Again Finds Class and Collective Action Waivers Lawful Under NLRA, Contrary To Seventh Circuit Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Supreme Court’s Spokeo Decision Strengthens Standing Defense For Employers In FCRA And Other Statutory Class Actions Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Time To Check That Your Employment Notices Are Properly Posted – EEOC Raises Fines For Notice Posting Violations Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
3
2016
Score One for the NLRB: Seventh Circuit Becomes First Federal Appeals Court to Hold that Class/Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Violate the NLRA Mintz
Jun
3
2016
Desperately seeking substance – BIS Call for Evidence on restrictive covenants Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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