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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
8
2018
U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Pilot Employer Self-Reporting Program To Address Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
8
2018
Ontario Employers – Get Ready to Tell the Government What You Pay Employees . . . or Else Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
8
2018
DOL’s “New” PAID Self-Reporting Program of Questionable Value to Employers Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
8
2018
Navigating the Waters of Late Age Physician Testing Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
8
2018
Second Circuit: Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Covered Under Title VII Polsinelli PC
Mar
8
2018
Wisconsin Legislature closes worker’s compensation exclusive remedy “loophole” Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Mar
8
2018
A Matter of Trusts: Tenth Circuit to Decide Important ESOP Case McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
8
2018
The clock is ticking:Meeting PPF Deadlines Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
8
2018
High Court Orders Sixth Circuit to Clean Up Its Retiree Health Benefits Case Law ‘Mess’ Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
8
2018
Singapore to Offer Better Protections for Gig Economy Workers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
7
2018
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Dodd-Frank Act Whistleblower Protections Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
Ban-the-Box Laws in Spokane, Washington, and Kansas City, Missouri Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
Department of Labor Announces New Payroll Audit Pilot Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
7
2018
The Essential Role of the Job Description Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
OSHA Delays Enforcement of All New Beryllium Standards Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
7
2018
Reed College’s Student Workers Will Be Permitted to Hold Union Election Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
7
2018
U.S. Department of Labor Announces Self-Audit Program Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
Does Labor Law Protect Employees Engaged In Harassment? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
7
2018
“Good Faith” May Not Be Good Enough: California Supreme Court to Decide When General Contractors Can Withhold Retention Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
7
2018
Three amicus briefs in support of President Trump and Mick Mulvaney filed in English appeal Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
7
2018
Ping-Pong Anyone? NLRB Vacates Hy-Brand and Reinstates – For the Moment – Browning-Ferris ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
7
2018
GAME ON: Louisiana Department of Revenue and Other State Agencies Look to Even the Score on Employee Misclassification Jones Walker LLP
Mar
7
2018
IRS Reduces 2018 Health Savings Account Limit for Family Coverage Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
7
2018
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Pays $1.65 Million to Settle Alleging False or Fraudulent Billing of Medicare and Medicaid in Violation of the False Claims Act Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Mar
7
2018
Maine Department of Labor Provides No Guidance Concerning the Impact of the State’s Recreational Marijuana Law on Workplace Drug Testing Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
New Guidance for the New York Paid Family Leave Payroll Deduction Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2018
California Supreme Court Applies DLSE Overtime Pay Calculation Requirements Retroactively (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
6
2018
Infighting at NLRB Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
6
2018
It’s PAID: DOL to Supervise Settlements Again in Cases Voluntarily Disclosed by Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
6
2018
Browning-Ferris Back in the Spotlight … and at the Court of Appeals? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
6
2018
Drug Testing an Employee Who Reports a Work-Related Accident? Special Rules Apply Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
6
2018
California Changes the Rules for Calculating Overtime on Employee Bonuses Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
6
2018
NLRB Vacates Hy-Brand Decision Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
6
2018
The 12 Months of HR Compliance Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
6
2018
OI Annual Report: Discrimination Cases Remain Largest Category of NRC Investigations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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