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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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Jan
31
2019
USCIS Announces Final Rule to Amend the H-1B Visa Lottery Process Mintz
Jan
30
2019
Governor Cuomo Proposes to Strengthen Protections Against Harassment In the Workplace Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
30
2019
Massachusetts SJC Holds Employers’ Denials of Lateral Transfers May Be Adverse Actions in Discrimination Cases Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
30
2019
Back to the Future (Again): NLRB Returns to Traditional Independent Contractor Test Polsinelli PC
Jan
30
2019
Massachusetts Releases Draft Regulations For Paid Family and Medical Leave Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
30
2019
Turbulence on Breach of Employment Agreement, Trade Secret Misappropriation McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
30
2019
Thought The Government was Closed? The Manufacturers’ Smorgasbord! Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
30
2019
Atlantic Capes Fisheries & BJ’s Service Co. to Pay $675,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan
30
2019
Limit Organizational Exposure During the Polar Vortex Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jan
30
2019
Labor Board Narrows What May Be Considered Protected Activity Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
30
2019
OSHA Finalizes Rule Rescinding Electronic Submission of Certain Injury and Illness Records Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jan
30
2019
Court Decertifies Class of Female Drivers’ Hostile Work Environment Claims, Trims Retaliation Claims Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
30
2019
Federal District Court: Location of Employment Governs Applicable Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
30
2019
Immigration Compliance: What’s Coming in 2019 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
29
2019
More Countries Consider Implementing a “Right to Disconnect” Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
29
2019
Seventh Circuit Limits ADEA Protections for Job Applicants Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
29
2019
Path Cleared for Biometric Privacy Suits, Companies Encouraged to Review Practices Much Shelist, P.C.
Jan
29
2019
Will Your Non-Compete Agreement Be Enforceable in 2019? Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jan
29
2019
No Harm, Still a Foul: Illinois Supreme Court Rules on the Collection of Biometric Data Mintz
Jan
29
2019
Catching Up with E-Verify Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
29
2019
Please Release Me: New California Civil Code Section 1542 Release Language Effective January 1, 2019 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
29
2019
Older Applicants Cannot Utilize ADEA to Challenge Neutral Hiring Criteria, Seventh Circuit Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
29
2019
R Wings R Wild / Buffalo Wild Wings Settles Sex Discrimination Suit With EEOC for $30,000 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan
29
2019
California Consumer Privacy Act: FAQs for Employers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
29
2019
Mistakes Don’t Always Define You: Indiana Court Of Appeals Upholds Set-Aside Of Default Judgment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
29
2019
Georgetown University Defeats Retirement Plan Fee Litigation and “If a Cat Were a Dog, It Would Bark” McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
29
2019
Another Obama-Board Decision Overturned: NLRB Reverts to Traditional Common-Law Agency Independent-Contractor Test and Foreshadows Potential Rulemaking Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
29
2019
Extending redundancy protection for new parents (UK) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
28
2019
Illinois Supreme Court: No 'Actual Harm' Required for Biometric Information Privacy Act Claims Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
28
2019
OSHA Releases New Silica FAQs for General Industry Keller and Heckman LLP
Jan
28
2019
Sex Education for Minors? Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Jan
28
2019
Make a U-Turn Now: NLRB Re-Writes Independent Contractor Test Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
28
2019
NLRB Reinstates Prior Test Determining Whether Workers Are Independent Contractors (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
28
2019
Update: New York Governor Signs Gender Identity Discrimination Ban Into Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
28
2019
Six Flags Raises Red Flags: Illinois Supreme Court Weighs In On BIPA ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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