unicorndeburghFeb 22, 2023

This is HUGE.

"The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that employers can no longer demand laid-off employees avoid publicly disparaging the company as part of their severance agreements, nor can they stop affected employees from disclosing the terms of their exit packages. Doing so, the federal agency determined, would be a violation of the laid-off employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7a7x/companies-cant-ask-you-to-shut-up-to-receive-severance-nlrb-rules

Companies Can’t Ask You to Shut up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules

The board reverses two previous decisions that held that such severance agreements were lawful. Limits on free speech have become increasingly common aspect of many severance agreements.

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This lawyer points out the limits, and thinks it’s unlikely to survive in the courts. Sigh

https://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2023/02/nlrb-bans-non-disclosure-and.html

NLRB bans non-disparagement and confidentiality covenants in severance agreements. What now?

A blog for employers about workplace law. Written by the master of workplace Schadenfreude, Jon Hyman.

Feb 23, 2023 at 10:41pmWeb
Show threadJack the Waterlogged CountAug 8, 2023
@unicorndeburgh Given the High Court's antipathy to anything that might favor people over companies, or successful regulation by government, that prediction does have entirely too firm ground to stand on.