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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Aug
30
2016
EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
30
2016
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule Presents Challenges to Government Contractors Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
30
2016
Level Fee Fiduciary: Interesting Angles on DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #17 Faegre Drinker
Aug
30
2016
Agencies Publish Final Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule and Guidance – Contractors Should Be Prepared Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
30
2016
Employer Handbook Policies Violate the National Labor Relations Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
29
2016
MSHA Issues Call To Safety To Nation’s Coal Miners Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
29
2016
Illinois Legislation Update: Employers Must Provide Child Bereavement Leave Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Aug
29
2016
Department of Labor Appeals "Persuader Rule" Order Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
29
2016
Illinois Prohibits Non-Compete Agreements with Low-Wage Employees Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
29
2016
Disclose All Labor and Employment Complaints – Big Changes for Federal Contractors Coming October 2016 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
29
2016
New Rule Finalizes Small-Business Subcontracting Changes Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
29
2016
NLRB Enforces Ambush Election Rules…..Then Finds Way Around Them Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
29
2016
NLRB Overturns Previous Ruling – Student Assistants May Now Unionize Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Aug
29
2016
Manitowoc Company v. Lanning Significantly Limits Wisconsin Employee Non-Solicitation Restrictions Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Aug
29
2016
Seventh Circuit Ditches “Convincing Mosaic” Standard in Employment Cases Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
29
2016
“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Final Rule and Guidance Released by DOL and FAR Council Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
29
2016
Seventh Circuit Discards Well-Worn Standard for Discrimination Cases Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
29
2016
Benefit of Anti-Assignment Provisions in ERISA Health Plans Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
29
2016
NLRB Exercises Jurisdiction Over Charter Schools Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
29
2016
EEOC Transgender Case, New York City Labor Peace Agreements, Parental Leave: Employment Law This Week - August 29, 2016 [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
28
2016
NLRB Declares Student Assistants Can Unionize Armstrong Teasdale
Aug
27
2016
Recent Redundancy Exercises In UK – Learning Points For HR, Part 1 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
26
2016
Illinois Passes Family Caregivers Leave Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
26
2016
USCIS Proposes International Entrepreneur Rule to Spur Innovation and Job Creation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
26
2016
Ninth Circuit Invalidates Arbitration Agreement with Class Action Waiver Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2016
Hospital and Fixed Indemnity Policies; Excepted Benefits; Supplemental Coverage under Recently Proposed Treasury Regulations; and Central United Life v. Burwell Mintz
Aug
26
2016
Student Assistants Win Right to Unionize at Private Colleges and Universities Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
26
2016
DOL Administrative Review Board Considering Whether Affirmative Defense Evidence is Relevant to a Whistleblower’s Burden of Proving Causation Zuckerman Law
Aug
26
2016
Clearest Expression of the New Co-Employee Rule For Cases from 2005-2012 in Missouri: Fowler v. Phillips Armstrong Teasdale
Aug
26
2016
Georgia Magistrate Judge Limits OSHA Safety Inspections in Poultry Plants Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
26
2016
Affirmation of Juror Non-Disclosure: Larsen v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. Armstrong Teasdale
Aug
26
2016
Key Recent Decisions in Employer Stock Plan Litigation The National Center for Employee Ownership
Aug
25
2016
OSHA Tests New Program to Expedite Whistleblower Claims Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
25
2016
Disability And Leave Management Mistakes Just Got More Costly! Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
25
2016
Ray of Hope Peeks Through a Mound of Proposed EEOC Data Requirements: Senators Fight to Nix EEOC Plan Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
25
2016
Is the Tide Turning Against Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements? ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
25
2016
Illinois Freedom to Work Act: One State’s Reaction to Overreaching Non-Compete Agreements Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
25
2016
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule and Guidance Highlights Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
25
2016
Advantages of Using ESOPs To Structure Acquisitions and Divestitures In Uncertain Economy McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
25
2016
Internal Revenue Service Rollover Relief Rolls Out! Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
25
2016
Student Assistants at Private Schools are Deemed “Employees” and May Form Unions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
25
2016
DOL and FAR Council Publish Final ‘Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces’ Rules for Government Contractors Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
25
2016
FAR Council Issues Final Rule, DOL Issues Final Guidance on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (“Blacklisting”) Executive Order, Effective October 25, 2016 Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
25
2016
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture: What Non-Profit and Governmental Employers Need to Know About IRS Guidance on Section 457 - Part 2 Poyner Spruill LLP
Aug
25
2016
NLRB Excludes Theology Teachers from Bargaining Unit at Catholic Universities Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
25
2016
Deferred Compensation: What Non-Profit and Governmental Employers Need to Know About IRS Guidance on Section 457 - Part 1 Poyner Spruill LLP
Aug
24
2016
Students May Now Organize... For the Time Being - Flip Flops in the Summer Murtha Cullina
Aug
24
2016
NLRB Concludes Graduate Assistants Are Employees, Authorizing Unionizing Attempt Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
24
2016
Motor Vehicle Exception to Government Immunity in Pennsylvania Stark & Stark
Aug
24
2016
Split Among Circuit Courts in Compelling Individual Arbitration in Class Actions Continues Faegre Drinker
 

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