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In Timmins v. Artisan Cells, 2025 CanLII 2387, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice found, in an undefended claim, that the employers “by their correspondence and actions” repudiated the employee’s employment agreement when...more
One of the main reasons for a separation agreement with an employee is to obtain an effective release of claims against the employer. However, ensuring release agreements are effective and enforceable is becoming increasingly...more
Employers have frequently included confidentiality and non-disparagement terms in their separation and release agreements. Confidentiality terms help ensure that employees won’t brag to coworkers about large payouts and...more
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This issue provides an overview of a host of controversial decisions...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a decision that returns to previous precedent, holding that employers may not offer employees severance agreements that require employees to...more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a decision restricting the use of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements with departing employees....more
Employee reductions and terminations are an unfortunate result of economic downturns. Even during good economic times, many companies face the need to reduce their workforce or terminate the employment of individual...more
The National Labor Relations Board last week sent employers into a frenzy over their severance agreements when it declared most standard nondisparagement and confidentiality provisions unlawful and held that even the mere...more
The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers may not offer severance agreements that require employees to agree to non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions...more
In its recent decision in McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) concluded that provisions in employment separation agreements prohibiting disparagement of the employer and requiring...more
Employers should review and tailor their confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants to mitigate risk of a finding that such covenants are unlawful. On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB)...more
As is often the case, when a presidential administration changes, so may a prior rule issued by the National Labor Relation Boards (NLRB or the Board). On February 21, 2023, the Board returned to its pre-Trump administration...more
In a ruling on February 21st, the National Labor Relations (NLRB or “Board”) revoked employers’ ability to require their employees to keep the terms of severance packages confidential and to not disparage the company as part...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) on Feb. 21, 2023, issued a decision (McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58) that significantly restricts an employer's right to present employees with or enforce severance and...more
Over the last few years, employers throughout the United States have enjoyed some measure of protection from former employees who signed severance agreements....more
The National Labor Relations Board (Board), in a bold move on February 21, 2023, decided that employers commit an unfair labor practice act (ULP) under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they merely offer severance...more
This week, the National Labor Relations Board overturned Trump-era precedent and returned to its previous hostility to confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in agreements with employees. In McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB...more
On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, the NLRB made a broadside attack on precedent and confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements signed by rank and file employees. This...more
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Employers routinely include terms in severance agreements: (1) requiring the fact and contents of the agreement, including the amount of severance, be kept confidential by the signing employee; and (2) prohibiting the signing...more