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NLRB General Counsel Moves to Invalidate Noncompete Agreements

On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum GC 23-08, setting forth her view that noncompete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements...more

6/2/2023 / Employees , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Intellectual Property Protection , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Section 7

GC Abruzzo Continues Her Assault on NLRB Decisions She Believes Are Too Employer Friendly

In a memo released March 20, the National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, updated her remaining prosecutorial priorities, identifying the kinds of cases she wants regional offices to send her for...more

3/27/2023 / Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Protected Concerted Activity , Section 7

NLRB General Counsel Offers Roadmap for Severance Agreements, But Employers Might See a Dead End

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memo setting forth her views regarding the future of severance agreements in the wake of the Board's recent decision in McLaren Macomb....more

3/27/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Severance Agreements , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB Rules Against Severance Agreements Deemed Overly Broad in McLaren Macomb Decision

Employers should take a fresh look at all of their severance agreements they have with former employees, or would typically propose to employees, following last week's decision of the National Labor Relations Board (the...more

3/3/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Severance Agreements

NLRB Reinstates Rule Permitting Confidentiality During Workplace Investigations

In welcome news to employers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on December 19, 2019, holding that employer rules requiring employee confidentiality during the course of workplace investigations are...more

2/25/2020 / Boeing , Confidentiality Policies , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , NLRA , NLRB , Section 7 , Workplace Investigations

NLRB General Counsel Applies Rule of Reason to Workplace Rules

The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel Peter Robb (“GC”), through his office’s Division of Advice, recently provided welcome guidance to employers wanting to adopt, and enforce, some common (and common sense)...more

5/31/2019 / NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Section 7 , Unions

Peter Finch

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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NLRB General Counsel Moves to Invalidate Noncompete Agreements

GC Abruzzo Continues Her Assault on NLRB Decisions She Believes Are Too Employer Friendly

NLRB General Counsel Offers Roadmap for Severance Agreements, But Employers Might See a Dead End

NLRB Rules Against Severance Agreements Deemed Overly Broad in McLaren Macomb Decision

NLRB Reinstates Rule Permitting Confidentiality During Workplace Investigations

NLRB General Counsel Applies Rule of Reason to Workplace Rules

Peter Finch

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Popular Topics by This Author

Latest Posts › Section 7

NLRB General Counsel Moves to Invalidate Noncompete Agreements

GC Abruzzo Continues Her Assault on NLRB Decisions She Believes Are Too Employer Friendly

NLRB General Counsel Offers Roadmap for Severance Agreements, But Employers Might See a Dead End

NLRB Rules Against Severance Agreements Deemed Overly Broad in McLaren Macomb Decision

NLRB Reinstates Rule Permitting Confidentiality During Workplace Investigations

NLRB General Counsel Applies Rule of Reason to Workplace Rules

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