NLRB, Employment Policies, Contract Terms

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

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Fall 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/10/2023

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...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

An “Overbroad” Noncompete – the NLRB Has Found Its First Target

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/14/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

NLRB Finds Its First Noncompete Target—and Its Charges Go Well Beyond an “Overbroad” Noncompete

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/14/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....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

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 4/3/2023

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

NLRB Questions Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions in Separation Agreements

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 4/3/2023

Employers terminating employees frequently offer severance payments in exchange for the employees’ entry into a separation agreement. Generally these separation agreements include a release of claims along with other...more

The End Of An Era, Separation Agreements In The Wake Of Mclaren Macomb: What Employers Need To Know

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 3/29/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb, significantly changes what employers are allowed to include in a departing employees’ severance/separation agreements or packages. The Board’s...more

The Impact of McLaren Macomb Continues to Grow—Next Steps for In-House Counsel.

Burns & Levinson LLP on 3/28/2023

As a follow up to my post a few weeks ago on McLaren Macomb, the NLRB has issued new Guidance of which in-house counsel should take note....more

Severance Agreements – Federal Implications

Dentons on 3/23/2023

In the last article, we covered an Iowa Court of Appeals case relating to severance/separation agreements and whistleblower claims. Other issues have cropped up regarding severance agreements and their enforceability but on...more

A Severance Agreement Can No Longer Silence Out-Going Employees

Butler Snow LLP on 3/6/2023

For years, confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses have been integral parts of any agreement where the employer agrees to pay the departing employee a severance. These types of provisions protect the employer on two...more

Employers Beware: The NLRB Limits Severance Agreements

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/3/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) is making waves yet again. This time the NLRB has held that certain confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements violate Section 7 rights under the...more

The NLRB Issues a Decision Impacting Non-disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Severance Agreements

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 3/3/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently indicated that when drafting severance or general release agreements, employers have to rethink how they use standard non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses. On...more

NLRB Narrows Permissible Terms in Severance Agreements

Bodman on 3/3/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has ruled that that including certain non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance agreements violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In McLaren...more

NLRB Holds that Severance Agreement with Broad Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Covenants Violates the NLRA

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/1/2023

On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that including broad confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...more

NLRB Decision Addresses Interaction between Confidentiality and Nondisparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements and Section 7...

Littler on 2/28/2023

During the past few years, employers have seen efforts to restrict the use of confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in severance agreements at both the state and federal levels. The National Labor Relations Board...more

In Adopting “Contract Coverage” Standard, NLRB Gives Employers Greater Flexibility to Act Unilaterally on Subjects Encompassed by...

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/9/2019

As summer turned to fall, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a steady stream of decisions with significant and favorable implications for employers. In the flurry of recent decisions, the Board...more

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