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On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued a memorandum to all NLRB Field Offices on the implications of the Board’s February 21, 2023, decision in McLaren...more
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is a federal law that applies to both unionized and nonunionized workplaces. The government agency responsible for enforcing the NLRA is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the...more
Bad news, but at least employers know where they stand. Does your settlement or separation agreement contain non-disparagement or strict confidentiality provisions? If so, it may not be worth the paper it's printed on....more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in McLaren Macomb, overturning recent precedent and finding that giving an employee a severance agreement containing commonly used...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that nondisclosure and nondisparage provisions in severance agreements violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB noted provisions requiring...more
Through a divided decision in the matter of McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) significantly restricted the use of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements for...more
A pendulum-swinging decision from the National Labor Relations Board yesterday means that severance agreements – in both unionized and non-union workplaces – could once again be deemed unlawful if they could be construed to...more
An employer violated employee’s labor rights by offering her a separation agreement that contained unlawful terms ruled a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) administrative law judge (“ALJ”) in Baylor Univ. Med. Ctr.,...more
Over the past several years, the National Labor Relations Board has repeatedly declared standard employee handbook policies illegal because it considered them to violate employees’ rights to engage in protected concerted...more
The National Labor Relations Board continues to infiltrate the workplace even where there are no unions. Standard workplace policies — including those relating to employee conduct, protecting intellectual property, use of...more
ALJ strikes down provisions in an employment agreement for violating the NLRA, finding they chilled employees' exercise of Section 7 rights. On January 8, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the National Labor...more