Jennifer Rubin: Feel free to spill the beans, ex-employees. Your former boss can’t stop you.

You might recall that the tRump Organization used #nondisparagement and confidentiality agreements to keep former employees from telling the world about what goes on behind its closed doors. That practice is hardly unique; such agreements have been widely used among legally sophisticated employers.

Now, most such provisions threatening to sue workers if they blab are worthless. Those who signed severance agreements promising not to bad-mouth their employers or reveal information about their employment can rest easy: You’re free to share your stories.

That’s essentially the ruling made by the National Labor Relations Board in February, which its general counsel, Jennifer A. Abruzzo, recently clarified in a nonbinding memorandum supplementing the decision.

#NLRB #employment
Free (gift) article from #wapo:
https://wapo.st/3ZG7SIF

The US NLRB has ruled that broad non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses within severance agreements violate the rights of US workers. Specifically, employers cannot mute the speech of employees except for trade secrets and out right liable. Further, a clarifying document says their ruling is _retroactive_.

https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-memo-with-guidance-to-regions-on-severance

Now that the duct tape Mozilla put over my mouth is gone, I will opine about my experience soon.

#workerrights #nondisparagement #freespeech

The US NLRB has ruled that broad non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses violate the rights of US workers. Specifically, employers cannot mute the speech of employees except for trade secrets and out right liable. Further, a clarifying document says their ruling is _retroactive_.

https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-memo-with-guidance-to-regions-on-severance

Now that the duct tape Mozilla put over my mouth is gone, I will opine about my experience soon.

#workerrights #nondisparagement #freespeech

#NonDisparagement Clauses Are Retroactively Voided, #NLRB’s Top Cop Clarifies
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a memo clarifying one of the biggest open questions after the NLRB rules broad #NonDisparagementClauses illegal
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ewy7/non-disparagement-clauses-are-retroactively-voided-nlrbs-top-cop-clarifies

@atomicbird

Hmmm... of interest to people following:

#Workers #WorkersRights #USPol #SeveranceAgreements #NonDisparagement

And @andrew may know people who enjoy this.

A great day for the people in the US and its terrible labour laws.

Headline: Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance

Me: Hell, yeah!

#Confidentiality #NDA #NonDisparagement

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/success/severance-agreements-rule-change-from-nlrb/index.html

@emilygorcenski An open question is whether it invalidates the company’s side of mutual #nondisparagement #agreements or not. That is, does this only matter for employees.