NLRB, Severance Agreements, Employer Liability Issues

Not-So-Friendly Reminders from the NLRB to Review Your Severance Agreements and Employee Handbooks

Frantz Ward LLP on 7/22/2024

Recent decisions and settlements from the National Labor Relations Board should serve as a not-so-friendly reminder to ensure that your severance agreements and employee handbooks do not run afoul of the National Labor...more

Practical Considerations Regarding the Use of Non-Disparagement Provisions in Light of Increased Scrutiny

Maynard Nexsen on 1/24/2024

For years, many employers routinely drafted severance agreements to include both confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations. Over the course of 2023, several federal agencies, including the NLRB and the EEOC, issued...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

[Webinar] What is Happening at the NLRB? What Companies Should Know - October 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

CDF Labor Law LLP on 10/6/2023

Join CDF partners John Giovannone and Carolina Schwalbach for a one-hour in-depth review of the recent McLaren Macomb, Cemex and Stericycle NLRB decisions and their potential impact on union and non-union employers. If you...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

NLRB’s McLaren Macomb Decision and the Future of Employee Severance Agreements

Sands Anderson PC on 8/4/2023

Severance agreements have long been utilized as a valuable tool for providing employers with protections from the post-employment conduct or claims of former employees. Severance agreements often include a wide range of...more

Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Competes: The NLRB Takes Another Swing at Contractual Relationships

Dentons on 6/16/2023

As discussed in prior Iowa Employment Law Insights articles, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in McLaren Macomb addressed issues of the rights of employees to organize under Section 7, fundamentally limiting...more

A New Front in the Noncompete Wars: NLRB’s General Counsel Claims Noncompete Agreements Violate the Labor Act

BakerHostetler on 6/6/2023

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, recently issued a memorandum stating that “the proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of noncompete provisions in employment...more

NLRB Limits Employers’ Use of Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Employment-Related Agreements and Policies

Jenner & Block on 6/5/2023

Employers have historically used non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions when resolving threatened or actual claims employees may pursue. The logic of proposing such clauses flows from the reasonable desire to bring...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 General Counsel Takes Aim at Non-Competition Agreements

Polsinelli on 5/31/2023

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) set her sights on a new target with the latest memorandum: non-competition agreements. The memorandum, while not binding, lays out the General Counsel’s...more

NLRB Returns to Longstanding Position Limiting Use of Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure, and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Employee...

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 5/23/2023

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, issued guidance on March 22, 2023, about the NLRB’s McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, decision from February 21, 2023, which reinstated a...more

Federal Agency Updates From NLRB, CFPB and FTC

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/3/2023

Federal agencies have been busy with employment-related issues recently, with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announcing an alliance to address employer surveillance,...more

NLRB Seeks Enforcement Of Ruling On Separation Agreements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/2/2023

The focus remains on the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board or NLRB) ruling in February that asking employees to sign separation agreements with confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses is unlawful. Most recently,...more

NLRB Requires Changes to Employee Severance and Other Agreements

White & Case LLP on 4/27/2023

Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued its decision and order in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (February 21, 2023), holding that certain confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions...more

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/18/2023

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

National Labor Relations Board › Severance Agreements › Employer Liability Issues

Not-So-Friendly Reminders from the NLRB to Review Your Severance Agreements and Employee Handbooks

Practical Considerations Regarding the Use of Non-Disparagement Provisions in Light of Increased Scrutiny

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

[Webinar] What is Happening at the NLRB? What Companies Should Know - October 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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

NLRB’s McLaren Macomb Decision and the Future of Employee Severance Agreements

Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Competes: The NLRB Takes Another Swing at Contractual Relationships

A New Front in the Noncompete Wars: NLRB’s General Counsel Claims Noncompete Agreements Violate the Labor Act

NLRB Limits Employers’ Use of Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Employment-Related Agreements and Policies

NLRB Further Intensifies Scrutiny of Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements

NLRB General Counsel Takes Aim at Non-Competition Agreements

NLRB Returns to Longstanding Position Limiting Use of Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure, and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Employee...

Federal Agency Updates From NLRB, CFPB and FTC

NLRB Seeks Enforcement Of Ruling On Separation Agreements

NLRB Requires Changes to Employee Severance and Other Agreements

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

Employment Flash - April 2023

NLRB Targets Severance Agreements

Standard Severance Agreements Require Review

NLRB Takes Aim at Employee Separation Agreements

NLRB Decision Restricting Broad Confidentiality/Non-Disparagement Clauses Applies Retroactively

Severance: Labor Board Prohibits Employers from Restricting Employee Speech in Severance Agreements

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2023

NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Severance Agreement Restrictions following McLaren Macomb

NLRB Questions Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions in Separation Agreements

National Labor Relations Board › Severance Agreements › Employer Liability Issues

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