The National Labor Relations Board has ruled it unconstitutional to make severance contingent on signing a non-disparagement agreement. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 82°F.

Non-disparagement agreements have traditionally been used during an employer/employee divorce as part of settlement agreements. In other words, they showed up after things went south.

A recent NLRB decision, McLaren Macomb changes the landscape for including confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in pre-filing employment severance and settlement agreements. This article ...

Powered by Money.com - Yahoo may earn commission from the links above. It’s left some questioning the fairness of such documents. But experts say these non-disparagement agreements are pretty ...

One former employee, Daniel Kokotajlo, publicly posted that he refused to sign the exit agreement, even though he had no idea how to estimate how much his vested equity was worth. He guessed it ...

For example, the NLRB ruling alluded to the possibility that severance agreements can include disclaimers that allow for non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions. “A disclaimer could say we’ll ...

A spokesperson for Pureval's campaign had said Wednesday that the non-disparagement agreements were designed to protect both the employee and Pureval and are common in private sector.

On Feb. 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a sweeping ruling that prohibits employers from including non-disparagement clauses (and payment for them) in severance agreements.

A federal judge ruled earlier this week that the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements the 2016 Trump campaign required employees to sign were so vague as to be unenforceable.