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NLRA Rights
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Employment & Labor
A Quick Recap of Last Week’s Supreme Court Opinions
By Jake Leahy
Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters (Labor) Striking workers who do not take reasonable precautions to protect against property damage are not protected by the National Labor Relations Act, because this is…
A Lawyer's Blog
SEVERANCE AGREEMENT CLAUSES AND THE NLRB
On February 21, 2023, the Board issued McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, returning to longstanding precedent holding that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) when…
The Employer Report
You’ve Heard That The NLRB Restricted The Use of Confidentiality & Non-Disparagement Provisions In Separation Agreements. Here’s What Employers Need To Do About It.
By Caroline Burnett, Michael E. Brewer, JT Charron, Amanda Cohen, Benjamin C. Ho, Robin Samuel
On February 21, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in McLaren Macomb holding that employers may not offer employees separation or severance agreements that require employees to…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Strictly Confidential? Labor Board Flip-Flops Again on Severance Agreement Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Terms
By Katharine O. Beattie, Carrie Hoffman, Daniel A. Kaplan, John L. Litchfield
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) held that an employer violates Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) when it offers employees…
Management & Labor Report
NLRB Says No to Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements
The National Labor Relations Board issued another ground-breaking decision on February 21, 2023, ruling that confidentiality and nondisparagement agreements commonly included in employment severance agreements may be deemed unlawful under…
Employer Law Report
When it comes to employee discipline, consistency is key
How Constellium should inform employers’ policies and practices Assume an employee writes the words “whore board” on company overtime sign-up sheets. Serious misconduct, right? In fact, the employer faced with…
Taking Care of HR Business
Employers Check Your Handbooks: New NLRB General Counsel Sets Course
On August 12, 2021 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Abruzzo published her first memo setting forth the NLRB’s priorities. The memo identifies recent cases where the Board overruled…
Management & Labor Report
NLRB Rejects Clause Mandating Arbitration of All Disputes
The National Labor Relations Board recently invalidated an arbitration agreement that would require employees to arbitrate all “all claims or controversies” with their employer, holding that such a provision would…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
NLRB offers significant and important guidance on its new(ish) employee handbook rules
It’s been just over 18 months since the NLRB decided Boeing Co., perhaps its most significant decision in decades. It rewrote more than a decade of precedent by overturning its…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
NLRB offers significant and important guidance on its new(ish) employee handbook rules
It’s been just over 18 months since the NLRB decided Boeing Co., perhaps its most significant decision in decades. It rewrote more than a decade of precedent by overturning its…