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How Do Employers Navigate Evolving Landscape of Restrictive Covenants Following NLRB's McLaren Macomb Decision?

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The NLRB issued its order and decision last year in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers violate the NLRA by enforcing — or even offering — severance agreements containing overly broad confidentiality and non-disparagement...more

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

On March 22, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-05 (the “Memorandum”) offering guidance to Regional Directors for interpreting the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB” and the “Board”)...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NLRB: Confidentiality, Non-Disparagement Provisions Violate NLRA

Offering an employee a severance agreement that includes confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions runs afoul of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a divided National Labor Relations Bureau...more

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NLRB New Rule Affects How All Employers Should Approach Severance Agreements and Other Employment Contracts

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On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, No. 07–CA–263041, the National Labor Relations Board held that confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions are prohibited in severance agreements where they purport to limit an...more

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NLRB Changes Position on Certain Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions in Employee Agreements

M&A transactions often include special bonus, severance and/or release agreements for some or all employees. These agreements have generally included provisions requiring the employee (1) to keep confidential the amount of...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For September 2017

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An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it discharged an employee who protested an unlawful confidentiality policy, even though the employee protested without the involvement of any coworkers, the U.S....more

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Discharge Of Employee Who Protested Illegal Policy By Himself Ran Afoul Of NLRA, Federal Appeals Court Rules

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An employee who was discharged after protesting an admittedly illegal policy was entitled to reinstatement and back pay despite having acted on his own, the federal appeals court in New York has ruled, enforcing a National...more

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March Vastness: Blanket Policies on Employee Salary and Discipline Disclosures Unlawful Says D.C. Circuit Court

This past week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision addressing two on-the-bubble workplace confidentiality policies – one which made the cut, while the other one made its way over to the legal...more

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