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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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May
1
2018
Is It A Union? That is the Question Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
1
2018
Employment Law This Week May 1, 2018: NJ’s Equal Pay Act, FLSA Opt-Ins, “Ambush Election” Rule, Guidance on New Tax Credit [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
1
2018
California Abandons 30-Year-Old Test For Determining Independent-Contractor Status, Broadens Definition Of “Employee” Proskauer Rose LLP
May
1
2018
Are You Interfering With FMLA Rights If You Offer The Option to Work During Leave? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
30
2018
California Legislature Introduces Bill That Could Result In Massive Penalties For Employers For Late Payment of Wages Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
30
2018
Ninth Circuit Reverses Course on Whether Salary History Justifies Pay Differences Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
30
2018
It’s Groundhog Day: Massachusetts Legislature Again Proposes Comprehensive Noncompete Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
30
2018
Massachusetts Updated Equal Pay Act, Effective July 1, 2018 Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Apr
30
2018
California Supreme Court Adopts “ABC Test” for Independent Contractors: Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
30
2018
Recent Developments Regarding Sexual Harassment in the Workplace [Podcast] Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
30
2018
I Want To Dock My Employee’s Wages Because She Broke Her Laptop – Okay? Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
30
2018
Oregon’s Predictive Scheduling Law: An Overview of BOLI’s Proposed Rules Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
30
2018
New York Says #MeToo to Stronger Sexual Harassment Protections: A Summary of Action Items for Employers Mintz
Apr
30
2018
IRS Transition Relief Reinstates $6,900 Family Limit for 2018 HSAs Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
30
2018
OSHA Clarifies That Employers in State Plans Must Submit Injury & Illness Data Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
30
2018
NLRB Expands Unions’ Ability to Acquire Information to Investigate Discrimination Complaints Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
30
2018
Excessive Executive Compensation and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Widening the Net of Negative Tax Consequences for For-Profit and Non-Profit Corporations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
30
2018
OSHA Enforcement of Parts of Beryllium Rule Begins May 11 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
30
2018
Keep Your Residential Address Confidential Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
30
2018
Pay Ratios And Sustainability Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
28
2018
NLRB Failed to Support Conclusion that Employee’s Disparaging Comments Were Protected, Not Disloyal Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
28
2018
Changes in Circumstances Counsel against NLRB Issuing Bargaining Order, Court Concludes Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
28
2018
EEOC Sues Walmart For Disability Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
27
2018
EEO-1 Extended, OFCCP Compensation Audits: Beltway Buzz, April 27, 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
27
2018
Review Commission Requests Outside Comments From Interested Parties To Evaluate Workplace Heat Stress Case Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
27
2018
Paid Sick Leave Goes to Court in Austin, Texas Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
27
2018
Why Can’t The Tech Industry Decode The Glass Ceiling For Women Executives? Zuckerman Law
Apr
27
2018
European Commission Proposes New Directive to Protect EU Whistleblowers Katten
Apr
27
2018
Employee Inducement Awards: No Need for Shareholder Approval Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
27
2018
NLRB Takes a Bite Out of Big Apple Restaurant, Finding Terminations Following Employee Emails Expressing Workplace Concerns Violated the NLRA (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
27
2018
#MeToo and the New Tax Law: Beware Of The Unintended Consequences Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Apr
26
2018
Eleventh Circuit Decision Expands Circuit Split on the FCA’s Statute of Limitations McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
26
2018
Healing the Healers: Preventing Workplace Violence in Health Care Settings Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
26
2018
New Jersey Governor Signs Sweeping Pay Equity Act Into Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
26
2018
Federal Court Rules That Providing Testimony to FINRA Is Not Protected Activity Under Dodd-Frank Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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