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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Feb
27
2018
Lessons in Law Firm Leadership: Why Firing is Not the Unkindest Cut of All The Rainmaker Institute
Feb
27
2018
NLRB Vacates Hy-Brand Decision thereby Reinstating Browning-Ferris Joint-Employer Test Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
27
2018
Macron Ordinances Allow Employers to Unilaterally Reduce the Duration of Current Mandates Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
27
2018
U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Independent Contractor Arbitration Case Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
27
2018
Attorneys General Seek to Ban Mandatory Arbitration for Workplace Sexual Harassment Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
27
2018
Second Circuit: Sexual Orientation Discrimination Covered by Title VII Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
27
2018
Wisconsin Commission Finds Employers Cannot Consider Expunged Convictions—Even if Substantially Related to the Job Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
27
2018
NLRB Developments Raise Questions About New Joint Employer Test (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
27
2018
Another Court Reverses Course: Second Circuit Holds Title VII Forbids Sexual Orientation Discrimination Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
27
2018
Sexual Harassment Allegations Lead to Shareholder Lawsuits – Employment Law This Week Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
27
2018
Second Circuit Rules Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Prohibited Under Title VII Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
27
2018
Supreme Court Holds Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Only Covers Individuals Who ‘Tell the SEC’ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
27
2018
ABOUT FACE! Under Pressure, NLRB Vacates Joint Employer Standard and Returns to Browning-Ferris Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2018
NLRB Vacates Hy-Brand Joint Employer Decision Following Inspector General Report Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
26
2018
ICE Sweeps California, Increases Enforcement Nationwide Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
26
2018
Oh no! It’s Back: NLRB’s Browning-Ferris Decision Reinstated Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
26
2018
Title VII Bars Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Says US Second Circuit Court of Appeals Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
26
2018
Liability for Employee Misclassification is on the NLRB’s Chopping Block Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
26
2018
Employment Law This Week 2/26/2018: Harassment Claims Trigger Shareholder Suits, Misclassification Standard Under Review, EEOC’s New Strategic Plan [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
26
2018
ICE Announces Three-Prong Workplace Enforcement Strategy Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
26
2018
Beginning of a New Trend? Illustration of EEOC Stats Confirms Plummeting Number of Charges Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
26
2018
Operating Engineers Union Sues Over Duty to Represent Non-Dues-Paying Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
26
2018
Supreme Court Unanimously Holds that Whistleblowers Must First Report to the SEC Before Being Afforded Dodd-Frank Anti-Retaliation Protections Faegre Drinker
Feb
26
2018
Mississippi Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment on SOX Whistleblower Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2018
Supreme Court Adopts Narrow Reading of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provision Polsinelli PC
Feb
26
2018
Chicago says hands off the help – New law protects hotel workers from guest harassment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
26
2018
When Medical Opinions Collide K&L Gates
Feb
23
2018
EPA Posts Videos and FAQs on WPS and AEZ Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Feb
23
2018
The Supreme Court Holds That Federal Courts Must Interpret Collective Bargaining Agreements in Accordance with “Ordinary Contract Principles;” Rejects So-Called “Yard-Man” Inferences Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
23
2018
Wisconsin Supreme Court Splashes Cold-Water on the Enforceability of Non-Solicitation of Employee Covenants Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
23
2018
Changes to VCP User Fees: A Holiday Gift That Some Plan Sponsors Would Rather Return Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
23
2018
SCOTUS: Whistleblowers Who Complain Only Internally to Employers Are Not Protected by Dodd-Frank Mintz
Feb
23
2018
Major Legislative Changes in Sexual Harassment: Tax Repercussions and the Enforceability of Non-Disclosure Provisions and Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
23
2018
Beltway Buzz, February 23, 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
23
2018
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections Katten
 

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