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Updates From the Acting General Counsel and the Quorum-less National Labor Relations Board

Only a few weeks after President Donald Trump removed General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Member Gwynne Wilcox, the new leadership of the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) has begun to make changes to Biden-era...more

2/28/2025 / Constitutional Challenges , Employment Litigation , Enforcement Actions , Executive Orders , Labor Reform , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Trump Administration , Unions

NLRB General Counsel’s Memo Attacks Employee Repayment Agreements and Expands Remedies

On October 7, 2024, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 25-01 (Memo), setting forth aggressive new remedies for unlawful noncompete and “stay-or-pay” provisions as well...more

10/21/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

NLRB GC’s Latest Guidance Expands Restrictions to Noncompete Provisions

On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), Jennifer Abruzzo, issued guidance regarding the lawfulness of noncompete agreements and provisions. The General Counsel’s latest...more

6/2/2023 / NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Section 7 , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB General Counsel Encourages Increased Scrutiny of Electronic Employee Monitoring

On October 31, 2022, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum instructing regional offices to closely scrutinize employer use of certain electronic monitoring,...more

11/4/2022 / Electronic Monitoring , Employee Monitoring , Employee Rights , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel

NLRB’s General Counsel Announces Support for White House Labor Report

On February 10, 2022, the National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum GC 22-03 announcing her agreement with and support of the Biden administration’s Task Force on Worker...more

2/15/2022 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Trump-era Memos, Signaling Shift Toward New Policy Objectives

Signaling the beginning of what likely will be a major policy shift, Peter Ohr, acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), on February 1, 2021 revoked 10 administrative guidance memoranda issued by...more

2/9/2021 / Biden Administration , Collective Bargaining , Employer Liability Issues , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Unions

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