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Reshaping Federal Labor Policy: Acting NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Numerous Biden-Era Guidance Memos

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On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) Acting General Counsel William Cowen issued the first General Counsel memorandum (“GC Memo”) of the second Trump administration, GC 25-05....more

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Legal Update: General Counsel Memorandum Urges NLRB to Find Certain Non-Compete Agreements and Stay-or-Pay Provisions Unlawful

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On October 7, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum urging the Board to find certain non-compete provisions unlawful and to remedy any related infringement...more

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Adding Injury to Insult: The NLRB’S General Counsel Lays Out Expanded Remedies For Unlawful Noncompete and Stay-or-Pay Agreements

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We previously reported on a May 2023 memorandum issued by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, stating her view that “the proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of...more

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NLRB General Counsel Says ‘Stay-or-Pay’ Provisions Are Unlawful, Calls for Make-Whole Remedies for Noncompetes

In another post-McLaren Macomb challenge to common employer/employee agreements, on October 7, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel (GC) issued a memorandum warning employers that the GC views...more

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

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

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Should I Stay Or Should I Go: The NLRB Weighs In

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On October 7, 2024, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced to her staff and the public that she intends to prosecute employers for “Stay-or-Pay” employment agreements, agreements that require a new employee to repay...more

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Federal Government Continues Assault on Non-Compete Agreements

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Making sense of the NLRB’s effort to limit non-compete agreements. In late May, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued Memorandum GC 23-08, in which she expressed her...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NLRB Targets Noncompete Agreements

In a continued effort to crack down on provisions in employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel (“GC”) announced that she will find most noncompete agreements between private sector employers...more

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Non-Compete Agreements Come Under More Fire

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On May 30, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo advising NLRB regional directors that non-compete agreements generally infringe on employees’ rights under Section 7 of the...more

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Non-Competes with Rank and File Employees Targeted by NLRB

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Challenges to non-competes by the federal government continue unabated under the Biden Administration. In the latest effort by the federal government to curtail the use of non-competes, which are traditionally governed by...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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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

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New NLRB Decisions Favor Employers

With the change to a Republican President and the appointment of new NLRB members, the expectation that more pro-employer decisions will be issued has begun. Several NLRB decisions have re-established prior labor law...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The NLRB’s General Counsel Rescinds, Revokes and Questions

On December 1, 2017, two weeks after being sworn in, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued his first GC Memorandum. When the General Counsel’s office changes hands from one party to the other, some disruption is expected....more

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