The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
#WorkforceWednesday®: What a Trump Win Means for Unions - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-153 - NLRB General Counsel on Illegal "Stay or Pay" Employee Agreements
Labor Law Insider - Non-Competes, Including “Pay-or-Stay” Provisions, Under Continued Assault
Employment Law Now VII-138 - An Interview With the DOL, EEOC, and NLRB
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#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Issues Memo on Severance Agreement Restrictions, Illinois Rolls Out Paid Leave for Any Reason, NJ Prepares for Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights - Employment Law This Week
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The Labor Law Insider: Better Change Your Policies, Including Social Media
The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices, Part III
The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices, Part II
The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices
Emploment Law Now VI-115- A Conversation with NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo
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The Labor Law Insider: Beware the Unfair Labor Practice - Not Just for Unions Anymore
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The National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel recently issued two policy memos reshaping how you can handle union-related risks in salting and deferral cases. The salting guidance provides a roadmap for...more
Unions sometimes use a strategy called “salting” to organize employees. It occurs when a union sends a union member (a “salt”) to an unorganized job site to obtain employment and then organize the employees. Because job...more
On July 24, William B. Cowen, the acting general counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), issued GC Memorandum 25-08 (Memo) to the Board’s regional offices (Regions) to provide guidance on...more
July 25, 2025 – Memorandum GC 25-08 - The NLRB’s Acting General Counsel (GC), William Cowen, has issued new marching orders for how the agency will investigate “salting” cases – when union organizers apply for jobs with...more
On July 24, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel (AGC) William B. Cowen issued Memorandum GC 25-08 (the “Salting Memo”), which provides case processing guidance to the Regions for investigating...more
On July 24, 2025, Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued GC Memorandum 25-08, offering updated guidance to regional offices evaluating cases involving “salting”—a union...more
Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on the Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at a recent significant workplace law development with an emphasis on how it impacts employers in the Manufacturing...more
On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued General Counsel Memorandum 25-05 (“GC 25-05”), which rescinded dozens of previously issued memoranda and...more
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
Resistance is building. In his third week in office, President Trump is beginning to meet with resistance to some of his initiatives. Here is the latest. Court blocks voluntary separation program -- at least, until Monday....more
I've been asking this a lot lately. President Trump’s first week of his second term in office was action-packed, as I posted last week. If you thought things would slow down for Week 2, you were mistaken. You may remember...more
President Trump has ousted National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)Labor Law General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo—a move that mirrors former President Biden’s unprecedented removal of the board’s general counsel four years ago....more
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo joins Michael Schmidt today to discuss her latest memorandum finding that "stay or pay" provisions in employee agreements constitute illegal noncompetes under the National Labor Relations...more
Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on the Staffing Industry. In this edition, we will take a look at the NLRB General Counsel’s October 7 memorandum attacking “stay or pay” provisions and non-compete agreements and...more
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
On October 7, 2024, the Office of the General Counsel issued a new memorandum, GC 25-01, expanding her prosecutorial agenda to remedy what she sees as the harmful effects of non-compete agreements and so-called “stay-or-pay”...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s chief lawyer just said that many “stay-or-pay” provisions – agreements where workers are asked to repay their employer if they separate from employment – violate federal law, and also...more
It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more
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
On May 30, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-08 (the “Memorandum”) outlining her position that the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of non-competition provisions in employment...more
Over last week, two seemingly unconnected events happened that impact restrictive covenant and labor law. First, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum opining that certain...more
On May 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued an enforcement memorandum asserting that most noncompete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements violate the...more
The recent pendulum-swinging NLRB decision that invalidated confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements will have far-reaching effects on employers that utilize them during layoffs or other...more
On March 22, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued an Advice Memo regarding Separation/Severance/Settlement Agreements in light of the Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, which was issued on...more