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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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Sep
6
2016
Back to Work from Travel Abroad? Check Your Form I-94! Mintz
Sep
6
2016
Take Good Notes - Recent Redundancy Exercises in the UK – Learning Points for HR, Part 3 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
6
2016
EEOC Issues Final Retaliation Guidance Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
5
2016
UK Pensions VAT – Yet Another Update Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
5
2016
Active Shooter Preparations Lagging, Study Finds [INFOGRAPHIC] Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
5
2016
National Labor Relations Board Extends Reach of Browning-Ferris Joint Employment Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
4
2016
Split California Supreme Court Holds that without Express Agreement, Classwide Arbitrability is not a 'Gateway Issue' that must be Decided by the Court Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
4
2016
Motel 6 Sued By EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
4
2016
IRS Publishes Guidance Allowing Taxpayers to Self-Certify An Excuse from the 60-day Rollover Rule in Specified Hardship Scenarios Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
3
2016
New Image Building Services Sued By EEOC for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
3
2016
OSHA Deems Fatal Beam Collapse Accident Was Preventable Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers
Sep
3
2016
Chandris v. Latsis: Applying Jones Act to Injury Case Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers
Sep
2
2016
U.S. Department of Justice Announces Proposed Rulemaking Revisions to Grounds for and Investigations of Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practice Allegations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
2
2016
CFTC Proposes Amendments to Whistleblower Awards Process and Anti-Retaliation Authority Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
2
2016
Labor Day Wouldn’t Be Labor Day Without New NLRB Decisions: September 2016 NLRB Summary Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
2
2016
ERISA Advisory Council Highlights Importance of Cybersecurity Oversight Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
2
2016
Injury Caused By Inexperience? Davis V. Virginian Railway Company 361 U.S. 354; 53 Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers
Sep
2
2016
DHSC, LLC d/b/a Affinity Medical Center, Community Health Systems: Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of Aug. 8 – 12 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
2
2016
Illinois Employers Who Provide Sick Leave Must Allow Workers to Use It for Children and Family Members Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
2
2016
Spying on an Employee in France Breaches His Right to Privacy, Even Where He is Committing Breaches of His Employment Contract Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
1
2016
California Court of Appeal Finds Employer’s Denial of Accommodation to a Nondisabled Employee May Be Evidence of an Associational Disability Discrimination Claim Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
1
2016
SEC Wants Publicly Traded Companies to Remove ‘No Further Recovery’ Promise From Severance Agreements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
1
2016
Massachusetts Enacts Comprehensive Pay Equity Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
1
2016
The Emergence of Paid Sick Leave Laws Faegre Drinker
Sep
1
2016
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Widens Circuit Split as to Class Action Waivers in Employee Arbitration Agreements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
1
2016
Illinois Passes Law Banning Noncompete Agreements for Low Wage Workers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
1
2016
New OSHA Rule Requires Electronic Submission of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Data, and Discourages Mandatory Post-Accident Drug Testing Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
1
2016
Illinois Enacts Child Bereavement Leave Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
1
2016
Second Circuit Extends Reach of Cat’s Paw: Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Service Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
1
2016
New UK Financial Services Whistleblowing Rules Come Into Force – Same Tune, Higher Pitch Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
1
2016
Recent Redundancy Exercises – Learning Points for HR, part 2 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
1
2016
SEC Issues $22 Million Whistleblower Award Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
1
2016
Broadening Scope of Cat’s Paw Theory - 2nd Circuit Sharpens Its Claws Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
31
2016
Second Circuit Seeks Guidance From NY Court of Appeals on Scope of Liability for Discrimination Based on Criminal Conviction History Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
31
2016
What Happens to Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Now? The Treasury Department’s Rejection of Central States Fund’s Application and the Future of Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform. Polsinelli PC
 

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