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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

When It Rains, It Pours –Several Appeals Lined Up to Challenge NLRB Precedent in Court

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/7/2024

We have reported extensively over the last few years regarding the many pro-labor decisions issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), which largely align with General Counsel (“GC”) Jennifer Abruzzo’s expansive...more

Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/22/2023

In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Spring 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/14/2023

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this edition of the Advisor, we take a deeper dive into the...more

NLRB General Counsel Aims to End Non-Compete Agreements

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 6/6/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a memorandum to all regional offices stating that non-compete agreements in employment contracts and severance...more

NLRB Further Intensifies Scrutiny of Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/2/2023

In what appears to be the next front in the NLRB’s ongoing campaign against restrictive covenants of all descriptions, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo on May 30, 2023, proclaiming her view that noncompete...more

NLRB Prohibits Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Clauses in Most Severance Agreements

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 2/24/2023

Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that language in a severance agreement that restricts an employee’s ability to criticize their employer or to reveal terms of the agreement that the employer...more

The Transformation of the Workplace Through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation: Employment and Labor Law Issues,...

Littler on 8/5/2016

The twin forces of technology and globalization are reinventing and redefining the workplace and the way work is performed. The workplace automation of the last century is rapidly being augmented and replaced by intelligent...more

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