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You Posted What?! Considerations for Employers’ Social Media Policies in 2025 | Insights & Events

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Whether or not the TikTok ban is upheld following the January 10, 2025, oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court, employers should be aware of some social media trends stemming from the app that are here to stay. As...more

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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

National Labor Relations Board Gives Employers More Flexibility to Keep Ongoing Investigations Confidential

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Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employees have a right of collective action, and employers are prohibited from interfering with that right. But these provisions can conflict with an employer’s desire and...more

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The NLRB Permits Employers to Impose Confidentiality Requirements in Ongoing Workplace Investigations

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On Dec. 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that confidentiality mandates during the course of workplace investigations are presumptively lawful. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Employers May Now Forbid Employees Using Co. Email for Protected Concerted Activities, Forbid Employees from Discussing On-Going...

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The Trump National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to reshape the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) with new decisions that reverse precedents and undo legal restrictions placed on employers during the Obama...more

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Employment Handbooks and Confidentiality

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Employers frequently ask if they can maintain rules requiring employees to keep the contents of their employment handbooks confidential. In a recent memorandum, the General Counsel (GC) (Division of Advice) of the National...more

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NLRB Weighs in on Confidentiality, Personal Use of Company Email, and Other Workplace Policies

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Employers should be careful about designating Employee Handbooks confidential as, according to the National Labor Relations Board’s advice division, that would be unlawful. That advice was contained in one of five memoranda...more

Vedder Price

NLRB Handbook Rules Change Like the Wind Post-Boeing

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On June 6, 2018, the Office of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“the NLRB” or “the Board”) published its most recent memo concerning employer handbook policies. The memo’s guidance reflects a stark...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Balancing Protection of Information With Employee Rights in Confidentiality Policies"

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The developing law on employer confidentiality policies underscores the tension between an employer's ever-increasing need to protect confidential information and an employee's established right to discuss terms and...more

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When Acting to Prevent Data Breaches and Comply with Privacy Laws, Remember Overarching Employee Rights

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The grocery business may be “fresh and easy,” but drafting a confidentiality and data protection policy that withstands the scrutiny of the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is not. The NLRB, in its recent 2-1...more

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Fifth Circuit Agrees With NLRB That Employer Cannot Prohibit Wage Discussions

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The National Labor Relations Board has long held that employers cannot prohibit employees from sharing salary information among themselves. Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an expanded NLRB ban on...more

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