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
16
2015
City of St. Louis Minimum Wage Ordinance Struck Down by Court Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
16
2015
Tenth Circuit Finds Secretly Recorded Age-based Remarks To Be Double-Edged Sword That Can Be Used as Evidence of Plaintiff’s Own Wrongdoing Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
16
2015
California Employers Face Tough New Fair Pay Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
16
2015
Slave to Good Intentions – Draft UK Modern Slavery Act Guidance Falls Far Short Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
16
2015
Employee Consent to Use of Personal Data Reliable Under German Law McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
15
2015
Employers Exhale Relief, California Governor Vetoes Ban on Employment Arbitration Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
15
2015
“Disability Inclusion Starts With You”: OFCCP Launches a New Tool for Employers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
15
2015
NLRB Weekly Summary Of Decisions, October 5 – 9, 2015 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
15
2015
401(k) Plan Sponsors Take Note! Year-End Notice Deadline Is December 1, 2015 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
15
2015
New Texas Open Carry Law Has Significant Implications for Employers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
15
2015
October 2015 Monthly AILA Check-In with Charlie Oppenheim Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
15
2015
Illinois Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Claim For Additional Workers' Compensation Benefits Following Settlement Of Common Law Claim Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Oct
15
2015
Updated Instruction for Using the DOS Visa Bulletin Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
15
2015
Complex OSHA Inspections to Get More Attention under New ‘Enforcement Weighting System’ Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
15
2015
Clean Power Plan Promises More Jobs and More Justice Sierra Club
Oct
15
2015
Unions and NLRB’s Election Procedures Implicate APA, Threaten Rehabilitation Programs Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Oct
15
2015
FELA Suit Not Timely Where Employee Knew Of Repetitive Trauma Problems More Than Three Years Before Filing Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Oct
15
2015
California Employee Arbitration Bill Vetoed Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
15
2015
What Exactly Is “Constructive Engagement”? re: Thermal Coal Industry Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
15
2015
OFCCP Releases Disability Self-Id Public Service Video Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
15
2015
A* or C- ? How Would Your UK Pension Plan Be Graded? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
14
2015
Sixth Circuit Holds That Worm Farmers Exempt from Overtime Requirements of FLSA Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
14
2015
Corporate Divorce Series: Your Cheatin’ Heart … Is Thinking About Leaving a Job Flirting or Infidelity? Mintz
Oct
14
2015
Unions and NLRB Procedures Threaten Community Rehabilitation Programs Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Oct
14
2015
IRS Scrutinizes Wisconsin Public Employer PTO Plans von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Oct
14
2015
California’s New “Thermal Coal” Divestment Law Forces Fiduciary Duty Question Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
14
2015
OFCCP Announces Systemic Hiring Discrimination Settlements Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
14
2015
Paid Sick Days Required by Growing Number of Cities and States Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
13
2015
Coding Form 1095-C, Part II for Short- and Long-Term Disability Benefits: Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 13 of 24) Mintz
Oct
13
2015
State Law Update! Sick Leave Saga Continues…. Also, D.C. Paid Family Leave, Colorado Makes A Few Changes and Oregon Bans The Box Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
13
2015
Noncompetes In Mexico Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
13
2015
Something is Rotten at the Pork Roll Company … and it’s not the Pork Rolls: Flatulent Employee (and his Wife) Bring Claims for Disability Discrimination Mintz
Oct
13
2015
California Governor Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
13
2015
DOL Administrative Review Board Rules That Secret Recording of Workplace Conversations Can Be Protected Whistleblowing Activity Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
13
2015
Health Care Workers in California Now Allowed to Waive Meal Period Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
12
2015
FMLA Leave Is Not The Time To Reevaluate Employee’s Position Holland & Hart LLP
Oct
12
2015
Cybersecurity Insurance Fills Important Gaps in Liability Insurance Coverage Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
12
2015
Seventh Circuit Rules ERISA Does Not Preempt State Law Prohibiting Discretionary Clauses Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Oct
12
2015
Lessons (and Wisdom) of Rihanna Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
12
2015
Think Before You Shoot on Noncompete: Why The Threatening Letter May Not Be Your First Move Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
12
2015
Teamsters Take Aim at Browning-Ferris Successor While Congress Entertains Legislative Roll Back Efforts Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
12
2015
How the NLRB Spent Its Summer — Could Be a Chilly Autumn Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
12
2015
ACA Reporting and Governmental Health Plans Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
12
2015
Employee Who Threatened to Shoot His Colleagues with a Shotgun Not a “Qualified Individual” For the Purposes of Oregon’s Disability Statute, Says Ninth Circuit Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
12
2015
Strict New California Fair Pay Act Will Become Effective January 1, 2016 Faegre Drinker
Oct
12
2015
NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions, SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 2, 2015 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
12
2015
Moving Forward Faster Towards Gender Equality in Corporate America Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
12
2015
Accommodation of Mental Impairments Under ADA Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
12
2015
Federal Standard for Enjoining Breach of Non-Compete Agreement Differs from Florida’s, Eleventh Circuit Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
12
2015
It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Negotiations Foley & Lardner LLP
 

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