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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
12
2019
ERISA Administrative Appeal Barred As Untimely Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
12
2019
Rethinking Pay Equity: Overcoming the Impact of Prior Salary Information Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
12
2019
Compliance with the New Proposed DOL Salary Threshold May Create Challenges for Many Employers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
12
2019
DOJ Antitrust Division Makes Filings in Civil Cases to Influence Development of Antitrust “No Poach” Law Mintz
Mar
12
2019
Got Trade Secrets? New Case Highlights Options in Pursuing People Who Steal Them Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
12
2019
LA Jury Awards Whistleblower $1.5 Million Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
12
2019
Department of Labor Takes Another Shot at New Overtime Rules Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
11
2019
DOL’s Long-Awaited Overtime Proposed Rule Announced Vedder Price
Mar
11
2019
DOL Proposes Increase to FLSA Exemption Threshold Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
11
2019
Chinese Government Forbids Employers From Asking About Childbearing or Marital Status Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
11
2019
Fifth Circuit Rules No Notice of Collective Actions for Employees With Arbitration Agreements Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Can Employers Now Thwart Forum Shopping by Plantiffs in FLSA Class & Collective Actions? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Our “Top Five to Ten” List of Important Recent Cases Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
11
2019
Employers’ Diversity Data and Initiatives: Trade Secret or Open Book? Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
11
2019
Department of Labor Proposes Changes to Overtime Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
11
2019
New York Department of Labor Abandons Proposed Predictive Scheduling Rule Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Still No Right to Jury Trial -- MIT 401(K) Plan Participants Not Entitled to Jury Trial of ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
11
2019
Summary Plan Descriptions: You Gotta Have Them, So Make the Most of Them Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
11
2019
Key Immigration Considerations During Mergers and Acquisitions, Part I: Work Visas Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Department of Labor Proposes New Changes to Overtime Law Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Mar
11
2019
“But I Can’t Prove It.” Yes You Can, With Circumstantial Evidence Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
11
2019
What Employers Need to Know About COBRA Coverage for Terminated Employees Mintz
Mar
11
2019
Stock Awards in Divorce Revisited Stark & Stark
Mar
11
2019
Protecting Your Brewery, Brew Pub or Distillery’s Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and Customers From Former Employees Stark & Stark
Mar
11
2019
Department of Labor Proposes Increasing Minimum Exempt Pay Levels Bracewell LLP
Mar
11
2019
Proposed Changes to the MCAD’s Procedural Regulations Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
11
2019
Are New Jersey Uber Drivers Covered By Workers’ Compensation Insurance? Stark & Stark
Mar
11
2019
CASE LAW UPDATE: California Employees Cannot be Compelled to Arbitrate PAGA Claim Without the Government’s Consent Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Strength in numbers – The Pensions Regulator presents challenges for the sole trader trustee model Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
11
2019
Massachusetts High Court Reinforces Discrimination Is About More Than Money Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
11
2019
DOL Issues Long-Awaited Overtime Rules, Sets New Minimum Salary Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
11
2019
Democrat Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to End Forced Arbitration Clauses Stark & Stark
Mar
11
2019
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former VP’s SOX Claim as Unreasonable Polsinelli PC
Mar
11
2019
Start Planning Your Workplace Sexual Harassment Trainings Early – The Ins and Outs of the Training Requirements Going into Place in 2020 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
11
2019
Extension of IR35 to private sector, Part 6 – getting too personal Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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