Severance Agreements: National Labor Relations Board Reinstates Prohibition on Certain Waivers, Confidentiality, and Non-Disparagement Clauses
On February 21, in McLaren Macomb and Local 40 RN Staff Council, Office, and Professional Employees, International Union (OPEIU), AFL–CIO, The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overturned its prior decisions in 2020 to announce that its current stance on severance agreement clauses that prohibit employees from making disparaging statements about their former employer in exchange…