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Minimizing National Labor Relations Act Liability for Employers with Non-Unionized Workforces

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Employers with a non-unionized workforce often mistakenly believe that they are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the “Act”). The NLRA is most commonly known as the law that guarantees employees the...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Time to Revisit Your “Standard” Employment and Separation Agreements

A recent flurry of activity from the National Labor Relations Board and its General Counsel has many employers rethinking “standard” contract clauses which employers have routinely included in employment or separation...more

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National Labor Relation Board’s General Counsel Foreshadows More Expansive Restrictions on Separation Agreements Following Board’s...

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In this article, the authors discuss the implications of a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board finding two separation agreements to be unlawful. In McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB...more

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No Limits: Non-Compete Agreements Next Up on NLRB General Counsel Chopping Block

Following the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) highly-controversial decision in McLaren Macomb declaring most confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements to be unlawful, General Counsel...more

Venable LLP

McLaren Macomb Follow-up: NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance for Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Severance...

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Two months ago, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) changed the rules for confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements. In McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), which we previously wrote...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NLRB GC Guidance on NLRB Decision Invalidating Confidentiality, Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements

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On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued a memorandum to all NLRB Field Offices on the implications of the Board’s February 21, 2023, decision in McLaren...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

NLRB GC Takes Broad View of the McLaren Macomb Decision

The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) recently issued Memorandum GC 23-05 (the “Memorandum”), expansively interpreting the reach of the McLaren Macomb (“McLaren”) decision and raising more...more

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

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) on Feb. 21, 2023, issued the McLaren Macomb decision (372 NLRB No. 580) significantly restricting an employer's right to proffer to employees severance agreements that...more

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Manufacturing Employers Should Pay Attention to Severance Agreement Restrictions Despite Booming Times

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The recent pendulum-swinging NLRB decision that invalidated confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements will have far-reaching effects on employers that utilize them during layoffs or other...more

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NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Recent Decision Regarding Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses

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On March 22, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-05 (the “Memo”), which provides additional guidance on the recent NLRB decision in McLaren Macomb, 372...more

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NLRB General Counsel Takes Expansive View of Recent McLaren Decision, Including Retroactive Application

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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

BakerHostetler

Q&A Regarding the NLRB’s Decision on Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements

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We recently wrote about the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb (the “decision”) which reversed several Trump-era rulings that largely had allowed employers to proffer severance...more

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NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Severance Agreements for Union and Non-union Employers

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On March 22, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) issued formal guidance in response to inquiries about applying McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (February 21, 2023). McLaren Macomb, which was...more

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NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance Regarding NLRB’s Ruling on Employee Severance Agreements

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In February 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) ruled in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), that employee severance agreements with overly broad confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions...more

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NLRB Issues Post-McLaren Guidance Providing Some Clarity but Little Comfort

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On March 22, 2023, the NLRB's General Counsel issued a Memorandum (the “Memo”) providing guidance on the scope and effect of the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB”) decision in McLaren Macomb, which found overbroad...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NLRB’s General Counsel Offers More Guidance on Non-Disparagement Decision

The NLRB’s decision last month in McLaren Macomb, holding that the mere proffer of a severance agreement containing a broad confidentiality or non-disparagement clause violates federal law, left many employers questioning...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Issues Memo on Severance Agreement Restrictions, Illinois Rolls Out Paid Leave for Any Reason, NJ...

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This week, we’re showcasing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel’s memo on non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance agreements, Illinois’ new law permitting Illinois employees to take...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Update: NLRB’s General Counsel Provides Guidance on Severance Agreements with Broad Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses

Key Points - The NLRB’s General Counsel issued a memorandum providing her position on the NLRB’s recent decision in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers may not offer severance agreements with broad confidentiality or...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

NLRB General Counsel Releases Guidance in the Wake of McLaren Macomb

The NLRB’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has released a memo offering further guidance on the Board’s recent decision in McLaren Macomb. In our previous post addressing that decision, we highlighted several outstanding...more

Foley Hoag LLP

NLRB General Counsel Offers Guidance on Severance Agreements

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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

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Michigan Rolls Back its “Right-To-Work” Law; NLRB’s Top Lawyer Provides Post-McLaren Macomb Guidance

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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

Bowditch & Dewey

NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance Regarding Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions Post-McLaren Macomb

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As noted in our prior client alerts (Employers Beware – Your Confidentiality Provisions May Come Back to Bite You and Concrete Steps Employers Should Consider When Drafting Severance Agreements in the Wake of McLaren Macomb),...more

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NLRB GC clarifies legality of non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses in severance agreements

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Following the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) recent decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (Feb. 21, 2023) (Decision), on March 22, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

NLRB General Counsel Releases Memorandum Providing Guidance on Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement...

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Last week, on March 22, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo, released Memorandum GC 23-05, which provides clarification of the recent McLaren Macomb decision....more

Locke Lord LLP

The NLRB’s General Counsel Seeks Further Restrictions on Confidentiality and ‎Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements

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Following the recent decision in the matter of McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo (“GC Abruzzo”), issued a memo detailing her view of confidentiality and...more

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