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2025 NLRB Forecast: What Employers Should Expect Under President Trump's Administration

On January 27, 2025 — seven days after he was sworn in — President Trump fired Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member, and former Chair of, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”). Although Wilcox’s term was...more

4/4/2025 / Administrative Agencies , Constitutional Challenges , Employee Rights , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , Labor Relations , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Compete Agreements , Regulatory Reform , Severance Agreements , Trump Administration , Unions , Wrongful Termination

‎2023 NLRB Update: Key Developments for All Employers‎

During 2023, strikes involving Hollywood writers, actors, automobile workers, and airline workers have dominated news story headlines. Meanwhile, unionization efforts affecting private employers across all industries are...more

11/2/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Unions

The NLRB Joins the Trend of Trying to ‎Restrict Non-Compete Agreements

Like several states and other federal agencies, through a memorandum published on May 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo (“GC Abruzzo”), is pursuing an initiative to...more

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

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

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

3/27/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Retroactive Application , Severance Agreements , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB Significantly Restricts Employers’ ‎Use of Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement ‎Provisions in ‎Non-Supervisory Severance...

Through a divided decision in the matter of McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) significantly restricted the use of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements for...more

3/1/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Protected Concerted Activity , Section 7 , Severance Agreements , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB Greatly Expands Scope of Unfair ‎Labor Practice Remedies

In a 3-2 ruling in the matter of Thryv, Inc. v. IBEW Local 1269, issued on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) formally changed the landscape of unfair labor practice...more

12/16/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Unfair Labor Practices , Unions

NLRB Reverses Course with Significant Rulings on Employee Email Use, Investigation Confidentiality, and Union Election Rules

Many employers realize that the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) priorities shift based on the President’s policy positions. The reason for this dynamic is that the President appoints the Board’s five members, and...more

2/6/2020 / Email , Email Policies , NLRA , NLRB , Union Elections

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