NLRA, NLRB General Counsel, Employees

New NLRB Counsel Overturns Biden-Era Policies, Signaling Pro-Employer Shift

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/20/2025

With one stroke of his pen, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new Acting General Counsel, William Cowen, has effectively dismantled more than two dozen key Biden-era initiatives that favored employees and unions. ...more

Acting NLRB Counsel Rolls Back Many Biden-Era Labor Memos and Begins Process of Changing U.S. Labor Laws: What Employers Need to...

Fisher Phillips on 2/18/2025

The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board just signaled a new policy direction for labor law under the Trump administration by rescinding more than a dozen policies endorsed by previous leadership....more

The NLRB Rescinds Certain General Counsel Memoranda

Payne & Fears on 2/18/2025

On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued Memorandum GC 25-05, rescinding certain memoranda issued by the former General Counsel. Former General Counsel Jennifer A....more

The National Labor Relations Board 2024 Year-End Review

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/14/2025

The hits just kept coming from the National Labor Relations Board in 2024. The final year of the Biden board produced a flurry of decisions that kept labor practitioners on their toes. It seemed that each month, there was a...more

NLRB General Counsel Calls for Crack Down and Harsh Remedies for Non-Competes and “Stay or Pay” Provisions

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/18/2024

National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“Abruzzo”) issued a General Counsel Memo (Memo GC 25-01) last week signaling that employers could face civil prosecution and significant monetary...more

Unlawful “Stay-or-Pay” Provisions and Non-Competes – Whether the Employee Stays or Goes, the NLRB’s General Counsel Says It May Be...

Frantz Ward LLP on 10/16/2024

On Monday, October 7, 2024, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published Memorandum GC 25-01, continuing the NLRB’s years-long effort of targeting employment agreements viewed as restricting...more

NLRB GC Memo Calls For Aggressive Retroactive Make-Whole Remedies Against Employers

CDF Labor Law LLP on 10/15/2024

Last year, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued GC Memorandum 23-08 opining that, with some exceptions, the maintenance and enforcement of non-compete agreements...more

Impact for Employers: The NLRB General Counsel Doubles Down on Restrictive Covenants and Stay-or-Pay Provisions

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 10/11/2024

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued Memorandum GC 25-01 on October 7, 2024, which establishes her intent to "urge the Board not only to find certain non-compete provisions unlawful, but...more

Consent Orders Are Dead.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/10/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

NLRB General Counsel’s Expansion Of Remedies Could Pose New Liabilities And Headaches For Employers Who Simply Enforce Their...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/23/2024

On April 8, 2024, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 24-04, which builds on previous GC memoranda from 2021 and 2022 where General Counsel Abruzzo announced her...more

Is the NLRB’s New Stance on Restrictive Covenants Mostly Bark With a Little Bite?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/28/2024

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) sent shockwaves through the employment landscape when General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo took the position that the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of restrictive covenants...more

Sweeping AI Executive Order Has Labor Implications for Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/9/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a sweeping order on artificial intelligence. Among its numerous provisions, the Order touches on several issues of interest to employers. For employers...more

We’ve Got a Test Case: The NLRB Files its First Complaint Challenging the Validity of Restrictive Covenants

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/20/2023

The National Labor Relations Board moved from theory to practice in this administration’s battle against restrictive covenants. Recently, the Regional Director of Region 9 of the National Labor Relations Board filed a...more

Held Captive No More: New York Enacts Legislation Prohibiting Mandatory Meetings Regarding Employers’ Political (But Really Union)...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/19/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation that, effective immediately, prohibits employers from disciplining employees who refuse to participate in meetings concerning...more

NLRB General Counsel Versus Covenants Not to Compete: What This Latest Fight Means for Your Business

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/26/2023

In recent years, non-compete agreements have been a subject of scrutiny in the United States, with concerns raised over their potential impact on employee mobility and labor market competitiveness. In 2021, President Joe...more

An “Overbroad” Noncompete – the NLRB Has Found Its First Target

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/14/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

NLRB Finds Its First Noncompete Target—and Its Charges Go Well Beyond an “Overbroad” Noncompete

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/14/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found its first target under recent guidance issued in a memo from its General Counsel claiming that noncompete agreements may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

The War on Noncompete Agreements: NLRB General Counsel Says the NLRA Forbids Them

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 6/13/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), issued a memorandum arguing that noncompete agreements, in most circumstances, violate Sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor...more

The NLRB Strikes Again, this Time It’s Noncompete Agreements

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 6/7/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), issued a memo arguing that requiring employees to sign non-competition agreements violates the National Labor Relations...more

NLRB’s General Counsel Takes Aim at Employee Non-Competes in Recent Memo

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/5/2023

On May 30, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo explaining her view that, except in limited circumstances, employee non-competition agreements violate the Act. While the memo only reflects General Counsel...more

NLRB General Counsel Moves to Invalidate Noncompete Agreements

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/2/2023

On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum GC 23-08, setting forth her view that noncompete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements...more

NLRB General Counsel Asserts That Non-Competition Agreements For Non-Management and Non-Supervisory Employees Are Unlawful

ArentFox Schiff on 6/2/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), published a controversial enforcement memorandum asserting that most post-employment non-competition agreements for...more

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