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The Labor Law Insider: Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreements under Fire: A New Board Decision and a New General Counsel Memorandum
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II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
From the day the #MeToo movement went viral on social media more than seven years ago, it has sparked critical discussions about sexual harassment, assault, and abuse in all corners of industries, communities, and cultures....more
Introduction - 2023 may prove to be a landmark year for U.S. labor law. There were several significant changes in the law that left employers reeling. The breadth and depth of these changes were staggering even for seasoned...more
Companies routinely use separation agreements with departing employees. Through those agreements, the employee receives some type of separation benefit (typically a payment or severance) in exchange for waiving and releasing...more
New York State recently enacted further restrictions limiting language that can be contained in employment-related release agreements (including severance, separation, and settlement agreements). The changes, which were...more
Both public and private companies should review their confidentiality policies and written agreements in light of recent guidance and enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On September 29, 2023,...more
We have often written about the SEC’s whistleblower program and, in particular, the success of the program with respect to detecting and preventing violations of the federal securities laws. The success of the program...more
In a case that should make employers rethink how they draft non-disparagement clauses, a panel of the DC Circuit ruled in a split decision that a provision that required a non-profit simply to “direct” certain executives not...more
In the second installment of this two-part Labor Law Insider podcast, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day join host Tom Godar to discuss the impact of the National Labor Relations Board decision of McLaren Macomb, as well as...more
The Background: McLaren Macomb - On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) decided McLaren Macomb, a case where a hospital offered severance pay to eleven permanently furloughed employees in...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB or the “Board”) issued a decision in Mclauren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), holding that severance agreements that contain broad confidentiality and/or...more
The Labor Law Insider invites two experienced counsel, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day, to explore the implications of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, issued in late February, as well as...more
On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) held that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by proffering broadly drafted confidentiality and...more
Last month we published an article on the NLRB’s decision in McLaren Macomb Hospital where the Board reversed course on the NLRB’s prior position on interpreting severance agreements under Section 7 of the NLRA. In McLaren,...more
As we reported last month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) struck down broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, finding such provisions to be...more
On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 23-05 providing guidance on the recent decision in McLaren Macomb. Below are some of the notable points set forth in the...more
The NLRB's decision addressing non-disparagement provisions and its General Counsel's recent follow-on advisory about the scope of that decision demand the attention of businesses that routinely employ these provisions. ...more
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) recently made headlines, ruling in the McLaren Macomb case that employers can no longer offer severance agreements with overly broad confidentiality and non-disparagement...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in McLaren Macomb providing that employers violate federal labor law when they require employees to sign severance agreements...more
As of today, so-called “right-to-work” (“RTW”) laws are effective in 27 states. These laws ensure that no worker can be required, as a condition of employment, to join or not join, nor pay dues to, a labor union, as permitted...more
Various governmental bodies have recently restricted employers’ ability to use non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses. This alert briefly covers a few of those recent developments....more
As outlined in the February 22, 2023 SGR Client Alert, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled in McLaren Macomb that severance agreements may not contain general non-disparagement or confidentiality/non-disclosures...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued its decision in McLaren Macomb and Local 40 OPEIU, holding that severance agreements that include non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions...more
Earlier this month, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), holding that not only are most non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses signed by employees...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) released its decision in McLaren Macomb and Local 40 RN Staff Council, Office and Professional Employees, International Union (OPEIU), AFL–CIO (McLaren)....more
Most employers have seen recent headlines about the National Labor Relations Board’s stance that employee severance agreements will be deemed unlawful if they contain confidentiality or non-disparagement provisions. This...more