Employment Policies, Human Resources Professionals, Former Employee

How to Address Applicants' Noncompetes During the Hiring Process

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/25/2025

Imagine this: You are filling a senior level position. You review hundreds of resumes, conduct dozens of screening interviews, and coordinate final interviews of the top candidates. After selecting the company’s top choice,...more

NLRB’s McLaren Macomb Decision and the Future of Employee Severance Agreements

Sands Anderson PC on 8/4/2023

Severance agreements have long been utilized as a valuable tool for providing employers with protections from the post-employment conduct or claims of former employees. Severance agreements often include a wide range of...more

Client Alert: NLRB Announces that many Non-Compete Agreements are now in Violation of Federal Law

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 6/7/2023

Shumaker recently published a Client Alert about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule essentially banning the use of non-competition agreements. In that Alert we advised clients that they should take a “wait and...more

NLRB Returns to Longstanding Position Limiting Use of Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure, and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Employee...

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 5/23/2023

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, issued guidance on March 22, 2023, about the NLRB’s McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, decision from February 21, 2023, which reinstated a...more

Severance Agreements – Federal Implications

Dentons on 3/23/2023

In the last article, we covered an Iowa Court of Appeals case relating to severance/separation agreements and whistleblower claims. Other issues have cropped up regarding severance agreements and their enforceability but on...more

Recent NLRB Decision Impacts Employer Use of Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Clauses

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/16/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a recent decision that impacts the use of non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses in employee agreements. In the McLaren Macomb decision, the NLRB concluded that...more