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NLRB General Counsel Says Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Clause Decision Applies Retroactively

On March 22, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum clarifying the Board’s February 2023 decision that nondisparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance agreements are unlawful. In the memorandum, the GC states that she interprets the decision to apply retroactively to agreements already signed and that claims would not be time-barred as long as an employer maintains or enforces such terms.

Rodolfo R. Agraz Dallas
Raleigh Author

Zachary V. Zagger New York Author

Mexico’s New Requirements to Validate Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements: What Employers Need to Know

On July 31, 2019, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare or Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) (DOF) the protocol to legitimize currently existing collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).

Pietro Straulino-Rodriguez Mexico City Author

Rodolfo R. Agraz Dallas
Raleigh Author

What Did You Say? – Social Media And The NLRB

The website Wikipedia defines social media as “media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable communication techniques.” Key to social media is “the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.” Social media has a natural tendency to allow the user to connect with multitudes of users and provide each of those users the ability to instantly respond to both the original author and those undefined multitudes.

Rodolfo R. Agraz Dallas
Raleigh Author

NLRB Memo Addresses Workers' Right To Engage In Political Advocacy

On July 22, 2008, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel issued a guidance memorandum (GC 08-10) to its Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge and Resident Officers addressing unfair labor practice (ULP) charges involving political advocacy.

Rodolfo R. Agraz Dallas
Raleigh Author

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