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Termination Severance Agreements

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British Columbia, Canada Court of Appeal Affirms Enforceability of Termination Clause That Incorporated by Reference Notice and...

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In Egan v. Harbour Air Seaplanes LLP, 2024 BCCA 222, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) upheld a lower court’s decision that a termination clause in an employment agreement was enforceable because it was neither...more

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Johnny’s a Thief and Stole the Copier - Can I Deduct it from his Paycheck?

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I’m in my office, talking with Tommy about the terrible MLS schedule. He thinks FCC should not be playing in the knockout stage of CONCACAF to begin the season; “put that game mid-season, we score 3 or 4 goals in the first...more

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Don’t You Forget About Me: Terminating Employees and Benefits to Think About

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No matter the size of your organization, at some point in time employees leave. As we noted previously, it behooves human resources and other departments to provide departing employees with an exit letter that includes...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

The SEC Blows the Whistle on Improper Confidentiality Provisions

On Friday, September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a cease and desist and $10 million civil money penalty against D.E. Shaw & Co, L.P. (“DESCO”). DESCO is a registered investment advisor...more

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Employment Terminations and Severance Agreements in Business Transactions and Restructurings

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To Terminate Or Not Terminate, That Is The Question. Whether selling, acquiring, or restructuring a business, the complex issue of employment relationships and what to do with them should be considered as early in the...more

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Better Late Than Never: Employers in Canada Should Review Their Termination of Employment Provisions

Canadian employers should review their employment contracts and update them as necessary to avoid potentially costly problems upon separation of employment. Since early 2021 when the Supreme Court of Canada declined to...more

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U.S. National Labor Relations Board Restricts Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Terms for Separation and Release Agreements

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Employers have frequently included confidentiality and non-disparagement terms in their separation and release agreements. Confidentiality terms help ensure that employees won’t brag to coworkers about large payouts and...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2023

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This issue provides an overview of a host of controversial decisions...more

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NLRB Restricts Use of Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions

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On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a decision restricting the use of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements with departing employees....more

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Can employers require employees to accept confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations in exchange for severance pay?

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Employee reductions and terminations are an unfortunate result of economic downturns. Even during good economic times, many companies face the need to reduce their workforce or terminate the employment of individual...more

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NLRB Restricts Use of Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Clauses in Severance Agreements

The National Labor Relations Board last week sent employers into a frenzy over their severance agreements when it declared most standard nondisparagement and confidentiality provisions unlawful and held that even the mere...more

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Recent NLRB Decision Significantly Impacts Employee Releases and Separation Agreements

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The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers may not offer severance agreements that require employees to agree to non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions...more

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NLRB Concludes that Separation Agreement Provisions Prohibiting Disparagement and Requiring Confidentiality of Agreement Terms...

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In its recent decision in McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) concluded that provisions in employment separation agreements prohibiting disparagement of the employer and requiring...more

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NLRB Limits the Scope of Confidentiality and NonDisparagement Covenants

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Employers should review and tailor their confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants to mitigate risk of a finding that such covenants are unlawful. On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB)...more

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Are Employee Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Promises Gone? The NLRB Says, in Most Cases, Yes (Again)

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As is often the case, when a presidential administration changes, so may a prior rule issued by the National Labor Relation Boards (NLRB or the Board). On February 21, 2023, the Board returned to its pre-Trump administration...more

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NLRB Bars Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements

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In a ruling on February 21st, the National Labor Relations (NLRB or “Board”) revoked employers’ ability to require their employees to keep the terms of severance packages confidential and to not disparage the company as part...more

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NLRB Restricts Use of Severance Agreements with Broad Confidentiality/Non-Disparagement Clauses

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) on Feb. 21, 2023, issued a decision (McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58) that significantly restricts an employer's right to present employees with or enforce severance and...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

NLRB Declares Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements Unlawful

Over the last few years, employers throughout the United States have enjoyed some measure of protection from former employees who signed severance agreements....more

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Tales from the NLRB: When Terminating an Employee, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions Are ULPs

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The National Labor Relations Board (Board), in a bold move on February 21, 2023, decided that employers commit an unfair labor practice act (ULP) under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they merely offer severance...more

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NLRB Resumes Attack on Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions

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This week, the National Labor Relations Board overturned Trump-era precedent and returned to its previous hostility to confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in agreements with employees. In McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Reinstates Prior Position Regarding Use of Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements

Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued its reversal of decisions reached during the Trump administration, reinstating prior precedents. This time, the Board reversed two decisions that limited...more

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NLRB Places NDAs and Non-Disparagement Agreements with Rank and File Employees in its Cross-Hairs

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On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, the NLRB made a broadside attack on precedent and confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements signed by rank and file employees. This...more

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Severing from Precedent: NLRB Restricts Employers' Ability to Include Standard Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in...

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On February 21, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), as anticipated, issued a decision in McLaren Macomb that reversed several Trump-era rulings that generally had allowed employers to proffer severance...more

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NLRB Holds Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Provisions Illegal in Severance Agreements Presented to Section 7 Employees

Employers routinely include terms in severance agreements: (1) requiring the fact and contents of the agreement, including the amount of severance, be kept confidential by the signing employee; and (2) prohibiting the signing...more

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New Jersey’s Expanded WARN Obligation to Take Effect in April 2023

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It has been three years since we updated you on New Jersey’s law that proposed to amend the state’s mini-WARN Act (Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act). As we reported at the time, the law was...more

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