An analysis of noncompete laws nationwide identifies several categories of employees that states often protect from the use of noncompetes, as well as other categories that the states usually do not.
An NLRB ruling that nondisparagement or confidentiality clauses in separation agreements are unlawful if they would restrict or interfere with an employee's labor rights applies retroactively, according to a new General Counsel guidance memo.
The NLRB put the brakes on the use of nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses in separation agreements if they require employees to waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.