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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Oct
6
2022
Micronesian Couple Pleads Guilty to Withholding Passports for Labor Trafficking The U.S. Department of Justice
Jan
21
2016
Microdosing: Silicon Valley’s Risky Race for Enhanced Workplace Creativity and Productivity Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
1
2016
Micro-Units under the Microscope: The Second and Fifth Circuit Courts Consider Specialty Healthcare and Its Misapplication Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
30
2015
Micro-Unit Organizing & New NLRB Election Rules Mean Manufacturing Employers Must Be Vigilant Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
10
2019
Micro-Regulation of Capturing Microexpressions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
9
2014
Micro Bargaining Units Coming To a Workplace Near You Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
1
2014
Michigan’s Whistleblower Protection Act Does Not Extend To Contract Employee Seeking New Term Of Employment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
22
2022
Michigan’s Whistleblower Law Protects Employees Reporting Violations of “Suspected” Laws Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
6
2018
Michigan’s Senate and House of Representatives Adopt Changes to the Paid Sick Leave Act Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
25
2021
Michigan’s Return to Work: Updated MIOSHA Rules Varnum LLP
Jan
3
2013
Michigan’s New Right to Work Legislation Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dec
19
2012
Michigan’s New Right to Work Law: What It Means for Employers, Workers and the Upper Midwest Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
2
2019
Michigan’s New Minimum Wage and Sick Leave Laws Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
13
2020
Michigan’s New Executive Order: Protecting Workers Who Stay Home, Stay Safe When They or Their Close Contacts are Sick Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
7
2019
Michigan’s Minimum Wage Rate to Increase on March 29, 2019 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Oct
14
2020
Michigan’s Latest COVID-19 Developments: What Employers Need to Know Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
28
2020
Michigan’s Governor Extends Shelter In Place Order, Eases Some Restrictions Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
20
2020
Michigan’s Executive Order 2020-153 Requires Masks in Indoor Public Spaces, Mandates Businesses Refuse Service - Updated July 20, 2020 Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
13
2020
Michigan’s Executive Order 2020-147 Requires Masks in Indoor Public Spaces, Mandates Businesses To Refuse Service Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
20
2020
Michigan’s COVID-19–Related Restrictions and Remote Work Requirements: the Latest Developments Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
18
2020
Michigan’s COVID-19-Related Executive Orders: Guidance for Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
25
2021
Michigan’s COVID-19 Emergency Rules: Major Changes to Take Effect Soon Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
23
2021
Michigan’s COVID-19 Emergency Rules Suspended for All Industries Except Healthcare Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
9
2013
Michigan’s Busy December: Legislature Passes Several Employment-Related Bills Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2018
Michigan’s Amended Paid Medical Leave Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
6
2012
Michigan: PLA Deja Vu All Over Again? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
18
2021
Michigan-Based Insurance Licensees Now Subject to New Data Security Requirements Varnum LLP
Nov
26
2012
Michigan's Second Project Labor Agreements (PLA) Law Also Pre-empted by NLRA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
13
2023
Michigan's Right-to-Work Repeal Now Effective Mid-February Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
25
2013
Michigan's Right to Work Law Gets Personal - Union Intimidation and Threats Alleged Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
9
2020
Michigan's Phased Reopening Continues: Further Easing under Executive Order 2020-115 Varnum LLP
Dec
18
2011
Michigan's New Tax and Withholding Requirements for Retirement Income Varnum LLP
Feb
11
2013
Michigan's New Social Media Privacy Law Bucks the Trend (and Starts a New Trend?) by Allowing Broker-Dealers to Comply with FINRA Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
8
2020
Michigan's Manufacturing Sector Resumes May 11 Varnum LLP
Apr
11
2020
Michigan's Extended Stay Home Stay Safe Order: 10 Things You Need To Know Varnum LLP
 

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