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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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Apr
3
2018
Supreme Court Declines Review of ADA Leave Obligations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
3
2018
The Fiduciary Rule: What’s Next (Part 1)?: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #85 Faegre Drinker
Apr
3
2018
Absence Does Not Make the Heart Grow Fonder: Texas Court Holds Attendance Issues Can Preclude Disability Claims Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
3
2018
No Stone Unturned: Locating Missing Participants under the PBGC’s Expanded Program for Terminated Plans McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
3
2018
Family Business Owners Should Be Aware Of Statutory “Deadlock” Provisions Murtha Cullina
Apr
3
2018
If Shulkin Didn’t Resign, Who Runs the VA Until a New Secretary Is Confirmed? A Vacancies Act Puzzle Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
3
2018
Anti-Discrimination Laws Still Not Considered Codes Of "General Civility" Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Apr
3
2018
Employees Urge NLRB To Overturn The “Ambush Election Rule” Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
2
2018
Supreme Court Rejects Longstanding “Narrow Construction” Rule for FLSA Exemptions Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
2
2018
SCOTUS Soundly Rejects Notion That FLSA Exemptions Are To Be “Narrowly Construed” Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
2
2018
Constructive Discharge Actionable Under False Claims Act Whistleblower Protection Law Zuckerman Law
Apr
2
2018
L Intracompany Transfers Pilot Program for Canadian Citizens Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
2
2018
New Legislative Action on "Tip Pooling" Polsinelli PC
Apr
2
2018
False Claims Act Retaliation Claim Does Not Preempt Massachusetts Wrongful Discharge Claim Zuckerman Law
Apr
2
2018
SCOTUS Rules That Car Dealership Service Advisors Are Exempt, Puts the Brakes On Overtime Claims Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
2
2018
Utah And Idaho Enact Employee-Friendly Amendments To Non-Compete Legislation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
2
2018
Civil Litigation in Employment: So What’s it Going to Cost Me? Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
2
2018
Employment Law This Week - 04/02/2018: Big Data and People Analytics [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
2
2018
Are You on the Watch for IRS Letter 226-J? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
2
2018
Congress Establishes Select Committee to Address Underfunded Multiemployer Pension Plans Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
2
2018
Term Limits? Stock Options are Not as Flexible as You May Think… Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
2
2018
A Closer Look at the 5th Circuit Decision Vacating the Fiduciary Rule Katten
Apr
2
2018
Seeing Through the Haze: Marijuana and the Workplace - THC "Breathalyzers" Varnum LLP
Apr
2
2018
Well-Documented Investigation and Carefully Written Policies Give Win to School District Against Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
2
2018
Updated Massachusetts Equal Pay Law to Take Effect on July 1, 2018 Murtha Cullina
Apr
1
2018
OFCCP Reduces Veteran Hiring Benchmark in April 2018 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
31
2018
Off the Air, II, Inc. Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit - Nick's Sports Grill Fired Pregnant Bartender When She Couldn't Fit Into Hot Pants, Federal Agency Charged U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mar
31
2018
Sex, Power & the Workplace: Responding to the Skeptics Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
31
2018
OFCCP Announces Lower Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark for 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
30
2018
When Paying Less Can Cost You More: Pay Inequality Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
30
2018
Under New H-1B Rule Interpretation, You May be More Closely Related than You Think Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
30
2018
Legislating Away Harassment? 3 Main Legislative Paths So Far in the #MeToo Era Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
30
2018
Beltway Buzz, March 30, 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
30
2018
Part XII of “The Restricting Covenant” Series: Consideration, Covenants and Car Salesman Faegre Drinker
Mar
30
2018
SDNY Grants Summary Judgment Against Plaintiff in SOX Blacklisting Suit Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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