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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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Mar
22
2022
Pending Legislation Would Expand Reasonable Accommodations to Employees and Applicants for “Family Responsibilities” Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
13
2019
Pending Major Worker Reclassification Law Aims to Burst California’s “Gig Economy” Bubble ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
18
2014
Pending Milwaukee Ordinance Would Raise County Contractor Minimum Wage to $11.33 von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar
14
2024
Pending Oregon Law Undermines Traditional Physician Practice Structure McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
23
2013
Pendulum Swing: Fourth Circuit Ends Use of "Satisfactory Proof" Language for Bestowing Discretionary Authority to Plan Administrator Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
8
2015
Pennsylvania Employers Craft Arguments To Try Navigating Around Tooey ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
19
2020
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Introduce New Restrictions in Response to Rising COVID-19 Infections Faegre Drinker
Aug
16
2021
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms State Medical Marijuana Law Provides Private Right Of Action Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
16
2023
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Whistleblower Case Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
4
2014
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Finds Uniform Written Obligations Act Inapplicable to Covenants Not to Compete Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
20
2023
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Holds Employer Financially Responsible for Employee’s Medical Marijuana Treatment Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
14
2019
Pennsylvania Companies Must Protect Employees’ Sensitive Data Stark & Stark
Nov
23
2020
Pennsylvania Court Affirms Unemployment Benefits for Medical Marijuana User Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
13
2020
Pennsylvania Court Allows Unemployment Benefits For CBD User Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
17
2020
Pennsylvania Court Holds Employees May Sue Under Medical Marijuana Act Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
12
2023
Pennsylvania Court Holds Employer Must Reimburse Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medical Marijuana Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
17
2021
Pennsylvania Court Holds Medical Marijuana Act Allows Employees to Sue for Discrimination Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
20
2014
Pennsylvania Court Refuses to Enforce Non-Competition Agreement; Holds that Continued Employment Alone is Insufficient Consideration; What Does Your Jurisdiction Say on this Issue? Mintz
Jan
5
2018
Pennsylvania Court Rejects FLSA Method of Overtime Calculation Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
7
2014
Pennsylvania Court Upholds Choice of Law Provision in Non-Solicitation Case Involving California Employee Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
31
2017
Pennsylvania Courts Weigh "Every Exposure" Theory in Asbestos Case Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Aug
14
2020
Pennsylvania COVID-19 Relief Statewide Small Business Assistance Program Stark & Stark
Aug
19
2015
Pennsylvania Defendants Not Entitled to “Limitless” Access to Plaintiff’s Facebook Account Stark & Stark
Feb
16
2021
Pennsylvania Democrats Propose New Bill for Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Driver’s License Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Aug
22
2016
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and U.S. DOL Agree to Work Together Against Misclassification Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
27
2012
Pennsylvania District Court Conditionally Recognizes Novel “Over-50” Class Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
5
2021
Pennsylvania District Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on SOX Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
19
2014
Pennsylvania District Judge Upholds Computer Professional Exemption To Technician Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
3
2014
Pennsylvania Does Not Recognize Duty to Warn an Employee’s Spouse Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
12
2016
Pennsylvania Employee Proceeds With Invasion of Privacy Claim Arising Out Of Positive Drug Test Result Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
4
2021
Pennsylvania Employees, Organs, and the FMLA – Oh My! Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
3
2021
Pennsylvania Employers Must Pay for Time Spent in Security Screenings Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
15
2017
Pennsylvania Employers Take Note: Former Employees Do Not Have Right to Inspect Their Personnel Files Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
30
2014
Pennsylvania Employers Take Note: State’s Marriage Laws Held Unconstitutional Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
18
2012
Pennsylvania Enacts Mandatory E-Verify for Public Contractors Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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