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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Jul
11
2016
Potential Issues for Employers After Brexit (With No Clear Answers Yet) Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
11
2016
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Moving Forward and the NLRB is On Board Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
11
2016
NLRB Ruling: Temps Can be Part of Bargaining Units Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
11
2016
NLRB Overrules Precedent, Holds Bargaining Units Combining Jointly- and Solely-Employed Employees Okay Without Consent Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
11
2016
NLRB Majority, Management Rights Clause Must Be Specific To Enable Employer To Make Unilateral Changes Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
11
2016
OSHA Workplace Safety Reporting Anti-Retaliation Regulations Effective August 10, 2016 Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
11
2016
Massachusetts Employment Law - Bill to Change Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements Passes House Raymond Law Group LLC
Jul
11
2016
EEOC Alleges Hospital's Mandatory Flu Vaccine Policy Violates Title VII Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
11
2016
California Private Attorney General Act Amendments May Impose Additional Hurdles on Employers Polsinelli PC
Jul
11
2016
NLRB Regional Directors’ Formal Unfair Labor Practices Complaints to be Reported to Federal Database Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
11
2016
Sixth Circuit Reaffirms ERISA Preemption Doctrine Is Inapplicable to Michigan Tax Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
11
2016
Determination Letter Rationing: IRS Reveals the Brave New World Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
10
2016
Texas District Court blocks DOL’s Controversial New “Persuader Rule” Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Jul
8
2016
Seventh Circuit Court Provides Roadmap for Managing ‘Intolerable’ Behavior From Employee with Disabilities Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
8
2016
OSHA and MSHA Increase Penalties for Workplace Safety Violations McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
8
2016
Philadelphia, PA Bans Use of Credit Information in Employment Decisions Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
8
2016
Marketplace Subsidy Notices – What Employers Should Know Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
8
2016
Court Repudiates NLRB’s Award of Attorney’s Fees and Expenses for Their ‘Deterrent Effect’ Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
8
2016
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so” – who is responsible for overtime working? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
8
2016
The Impact of Recently Proposed Regulations on Ineligible Nonqualified Plans Under Internal Revenue Code § 457(f) Mintz
Jul
8
2016
Wisconsin Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Leave Law In Effect as of July 1, 2016 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
8
2016
The Future of the Central States Pension Fund Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
7
2016
NLRB Begins Collecting Employer Information to Fulfill Executive Order Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
7
2016
Proposal in Congress Would Prevent Overtime Pay for Minor Leaguers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
7
2016
Workplace Dress Codes – Auto Dealer Can’t Bar Workers from Wearing Message Pins, First Circuit Court Affirms NLRB Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
7
2016
Get Ready, OSHA'S Fines and Penalties Are Going Up! Keller and Heckman LLP
Jul
6
2016
Beware Possible Costs of Rejecting Good Offer in Australian Fair Work Cases Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2016
Union Remains Active In Health Care Industry Despite Withdrawing Initiative To Cap California Health Care Executive Salaries Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
6
2016
OFCCP Announces Final Rule on Sex Discrimination Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
6
2016
NLRB Takes Steps To Facilitate Sharing Of Federal Contractor Labor Law Violations In Anticipation Of The Final Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces (a.k.a “Blacklisting”) Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
6
2016
Survey Says: 73% of Employees Taking FMLA Are Non-Exempt, and Other Tidbits Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
6
2016
Massachusetts House Passes Noncompete Reform, H. 4434 Mintz
Jul
6
2016
Employers Risk Higher Penalties for Hiring Unauthorized Workers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2016
Restrictive Covenant Survey Responses in UK – Case for Change? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
6
2016
Philadelphia Ordinance Restricting Credit Checks on Job Applicants, Employees Effective July 7 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2016
German Statutory Minimum Wage May Include Vacation and Christmas Bonuses McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
5
2016
IRC Section 457 Proposed Regulations – Bona Fide Severance Pay, Death Benefit, Disability, and Paid Time Off Plans Faegre Drinker
Jul
5
2016
New Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) Amendments Intended To Help California Employers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
5
2016
Pre-Offer Background Checks: Employer Beware Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jul
5
2016
Mine Operators Face Conundrum over MSHA’s RFI on Diesel Exhaust Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
Increases to OSHA Penalties Effective August 1, 2016 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jul
5
2016
What Employers With Affirmative Action Policies Need to Know About a Recent Supreme Court Decision Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
5
2016
NLRB Hits Ceiling in Continual Push to Expand Scope of Protected Concerted Activity Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
5
2016
EEOC's Select Task Force Study of Harassment Provides Robust Training Guidance Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
5
2016
Compliance Date Nears for OSHA’s New Recordkeeping Anti-Retaliation Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
“Look Before You Leap” to Pay Increase Under New DOL Rules Polsinelli PC
Jul
5
2016
Supreme Court Agrees to Review D.C. Circuit’s Decision That Former NLRB Acting General Counsel Served in Violation of Federal Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
5
2016
OSHA Announces New Maximum Penalty Amounts Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
5
2016
New Legislation on the Posting of Workers to Poland Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
4
2016
Guardsmark Settles EEOC Disability & Genetic Information Discrimination Cases For $329,640 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 

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