The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision that reversed several Trump-era rulings allowing employers to proffer severance agreements to employees containing broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions. The Board’s decision holds that the “mere proffer” of a severance agreement containing a confidentiality and/or non-disparagement provision is unlawful where the clause is drafted too broadly and would “chill” an employee’s ability to exercise NLRA Section 7 rights.This is a far-reaching decision that impacts both union and non-union businesses.
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