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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May
2
2022
Labor Law Remedies: Back Pay, Front Pay, And … Training? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
7
2012
Labor Law: Harassment and discrimination suits can turn on the distinction between a supervisor and a co-worker Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Oct
8
2012
Labor Law: NLRB finds standard at-will employment provisions unlawful Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Mar
24
2020
Labor Management Issues During the COVID-19 Crisis Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
22
2021
Labor Pains: Why Every Employer Should Understand Unions [PODCAST] Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
11
2013
Labor Poster Requirement Struck Down by U.S. Court of Appeals Varnum LLP
Nov
27
2016
Labor Ready Northeast, Inc. To Pay $72,500 To Settle EEOC Racial and Sexual Harassment Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan
21
2021
Labor Reform: What to Expect From a Biden Administration With Democratic Control of Congress Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
19
2023
Labor Relations and Organizing: What to Watch for in 2023 [PODCAST] Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
9
2020
Labor Relations During a Pandemic: Employer Duties Under the NLRA in the Wake of COVID-19 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
23
2015
Labor Relations Issues to Watch for in 2016 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
11
2017
Labor Relations Update: New NLRB General Counsel Poised to Undo Obama-Era Precedents Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
1
2013
Labor Rights Dialogue in the Americas U.S. Department of Labor
Jun
8
2017
Labor Secretary Acosta Defends OFCCP-EEOC Merger Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
8
2017
Labor Secretary Acosta Plans to Rescue Overtime Rule with Information Request Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
30
2017
Labor Secretary Nominee Faces Committee Vote Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
31
2017
Labor Secretary Nominee Inching Toward Confirmation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
27
2023
Labor Secretary Nominee Survives Committee Vote Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2012
Labor Secretary Solis Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Implement Statutory Amendments to FMLA U.S. Department of Labor
Feb
8
2023
Labor Secretary Walsh Expected to Leave DOL for NHL Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
15
2021
Labor Shortage Concerns a Bigger Problem for U.S. Agriculture Sector Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Nov
16
2021
Labor Shortage Continues to Affect the Pennsylvania Mushroom Industry: Are American Immigration Laws to Blame? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jan
25
2022
Labor Shortage: Will Additional Seasonal Visas Help? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Apr
20
2023
Labor Trends in Restaurant Industry: How QSRs and Gen Z are Impacting Employee Activism Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
30
2023
Labor Trends in Warehousing and Distribution Industry to Watch Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
23
2020
Labor Union Plants a Big Flag in Western North Carolina Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
19
2022
Labor Unions and "Protected Concerted Activity:" What Private Employers – Unionized or NOT – Need to Know in 2022 Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jul
8
2021
Labor Unions Seek Appellate Review of OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
25
2016
Labor Unions Use Technology to Grow and Maintain Membership Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
7
2012
Labor: Cat’s paw theory can make individual employees liable Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Oct
4
2012
Labor: No liability for pre-EEOC investigations Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Oct
4
2012
Labor: Ohio Supreme Court rules on the effect of mergers on noncompetes Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Apr
7
2016
Labour and Employment Criminal Background Checks in Canada Dickinson Wright PLLC
Apr
11
2018
Labour's First 100 Days for Workplace Law K&L Gates
Jun
28
2019
Lack of Alignment Between Employer’s Payroll Workweek and FLSA “Workweek” Results in Overtime Liability, First Circuit Holds Jackson Lewis P.C.
 

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