The Burr Morning Show: NLRB Updates
The Labor Law Insider: Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreements under Fire: A New Board Decision and a New General Counsel Memorandum, Part II
The Labor Law Insider: Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreements under Fire: A New Board Decision and a New General Counsel Memorandum
Employment Law Now VII-127-Interview with NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo on Invalidating Severance Agreement Provisions
Chambliss Update – NLRB Decision Alters Landscape for Employee Severance Agreements
DE Under 3: New NLRB Decision Prohibits Virtually All Employment Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses, Nationwide
The Labor Law Insider | Offensive Speech in the Workplace - Part II: Drawing the Line
The Labor Law Insider: Offensive Speech in the Workplace - Crossing the Line
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Outlook, NY Whistleblower Protections Take Effect, DOJ to Focus on Cyber-Fraud - Employment Law This Week®
On February 21, 2023, the Board issued a decision in McLaren Macomb, Case 07-CA-263041, ruling that broad non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in an employee severance agreement are unlawful. This decision...more
In its March 25 decision, the NLRB unanimously held that: (1) Tesla violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) after prohibiting employees from talking to the media; (2) Tesla did not violate the Act by calling...more
In many private arbitration agreements entered into in the non-union context, employers and employees agree that the proceedings shall remain confidential. On June 19, 2020, the Board addressed whether a confidentiality...more
Applying the facially neutral work rule test laid out in Boeing, the Board recently reversed an Administrative Law Judge decision, concluding that the employer maintained lawful workplace rules restricting employee use of (i)...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
NEWS & ANALYSIS - The NLRB continues its assault on workplace civility and efficiency– As we reported more than two years ago, Mark Gaston Pearce, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, and NLRB General Counsel...more
In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board has increased its scrutiny of various employer practices, including those of non-unionized employers. Among the areas of scrutiny have been non-disclosure of confidential...more
On Feb. 24, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that a Washington transportation company’s Confidentiality Agreement violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The case was titled, Battle’s Transp.,...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
Employers who seek to protect their confidential business information and their reputations by requiring employees to sign employment agreements containing confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses may now face opposition...more
Another decision has been issued by a National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") administrative law judge ("ALJ") striking down a non-union employer's confidentiality and proprietary information and non-disparagement...more