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- Date:
- March 24, 2023
- Type:
- News
An NLRB ruling that nondisparagement or confidentiality clauses in separation agreements are unlawful if they would restrict or interfere with an employee's labor rights applies retroactively, according to a new General Counsel guidance memo.
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- Date:
- February 28, 2023
- Type:
- News
The NLRB put the brakes on the use of nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses in separation agreements if they require employees to waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
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- Date:
- December 14, 2022
- Type:
- News
The NLRB will now require employers to compensate employees for all monetary harm resulting from a National Labor Relations Act violation.
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- Type:
- Employee Handbooks
Updated statement and guidance to address Washington's Silenced No More Act, effective June 9, 2022.
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- Date:
- October 5, 2022
- Type:
- News
Employers must continue withholding union dues from employees' wages and remitting them to the union after a collective bargaining agreement expires, the NLRB has ruled, reversing a major Trump-era Board ruling.
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- Date:
- August 24, 2022
- Type:
- News
Consistency is the key: An employer that fires an employee for vulgar speech that violates its antiharassment policy must be able to show it would have done the same even if the employee had not been engaging in activities protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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- Date:
- July 27, 2022
- Type:
- News
Possibly foretelling a trend in protected labor protests following the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Activision Blizzard workers walked off the job recently to pressure the game design company to end gender inequity.
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- Date:
- April 12, 2022
- Type:
- News
Mandatory meetings during a unionizing campaign, in which employers explain why they think employees should not join a union, should be declared unlawful, according to the NLRB General Council.
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- Date:
- September 20, 2021
- Type:
- News
Employers charged with violating the National Labor Relations Act may soon face tough new remedies in both settlement agreements and board rulings, following two memos issued by the NLRB General Counsel.
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- Date:
- March 31, 2021
- Type:
- News
The NLRB ruled that Tesla engaged in unlawful union-busting activity during a 2017 union-organizing campaign at its flagship manufacturing plant.