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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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Feb
2
2018
More Changes at the NLRB Polsinelli PC
Feb
2
2018
Payment for Sick Time Not Considered “Wages” Under Massachusetts Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
2
2018
NLRB Joint Employer Decision at Risk? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
2
2018
Obese Employees May Be Protected Under FEHA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
1
2018
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Unused Paid Sick Leave Does Not Qualify as Wages Under the Commonwealth’s Wage Act Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Wage Requirements for H-1B Employees Miller Mayer LLP
Feb
1
2018
Appellate Court Clarifies Section 8(a) Where Medical Expenses Are Paid at a Negotiated Rate Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Second Time’s the Charm? NLRB to Reconsider Lawfulness of Restaurant’s Work Rules Under New Standard Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
1
2018
Federal Judge Stays Enforcement of New York City’s Newly-Enacted Fast Food Deductions Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Is the NLRB’s General Counsel Planning to “Reorganize” the Labor Board’s Regional Directors and Field Offices? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Kentucky’s Right-to-Work Law Survives Challenge Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Changes to ERISA’s Disability Claims Regulations Coming April 1 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
GC Robb’s Proposed Structural Changes to NLRB Draw Fire Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
International Employment Law Update Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
1
2018
NLRB Reverses Course, Permits Employer Unilateral Changes Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Opioid Epidemic Spurs Increase in Drug Testing, Risks for Employers Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
1
2018
A First in the Second (Circuit): On Remand, District Court Breaks New Ground by Vacating Arbitrator’s Class Certification Award K&L Gates
Feb
1
2018
Union Membership Rates Remain Low – And AFL-CIO Claims Victories Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Final Rule on Disability Claims under Welfare and Retirement Plans Effective April 1 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
1
2018
Inclement Weather May Require Employers To Warm To Reasonable Accommodations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
1
2018
Maryland Enacts Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law Over Governor’s Veto Mintz
Jan
31
2018
Missouri Court of Appeals Upholds $1.5 Million Whistleblower Jury Verdict Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
31
2018
The Opportunities and Obligations of Venture Capital and Private Equity in the #MeToo Environment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
31
2018
Sharing an Employee’s EEOC Charge With Other Employees May Violate the ADA Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
31
2018
Wisconsin Supreme Court Applies Non-Compete Law To Invalidate Anti-Poaching Covenant Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
31
2018
Assistant Attorney General Announces that DOJ Antitrust Division is Building Criminal Cases Against Companies for Anti-Poaching Agreements K&L Gates
Jan
31
2018
OIG finds incomplete CFPB response to unaccounted-for-laptops Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
31
2018
An Employer’s Notice to Employees of a Mandatory Arbitration Program May be Insufficient Basis to Compel Arbitration Mintz
Jan
31
2018
Key Components of DOL Fiduciary Rule Delayed Through 2019 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
31
2018
Perspective on DOJ Pivot on FCA Enforcement Policy Mintz
Jan
31
2018
NLRB Overturns Neutral Workplace Rules Standard Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jan
31
2018
Columbia to Fight NLRB Ruling on Graduate Assistants’ Unionization Efforts in Federal Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
31
2018
The Fate of the EEOC’s Wellness Regulations is Still Uncertain Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
31
2018
ERISA preemption update - Seventh Circuit holds that ERISA does not preempt Illinois slayer statute Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jan
31
2018
Third Circuit False Claims Act Retaliation Decision May Spur an Increase in NDAA Retaliation Claims Zuckerman Law
 

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