Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., in April 2021. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg)
Employers should make sure their severance agreements don’t restrict an employee’s right to discuss potentially unfair labor practices, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said in a new memo issued Wednesday.
In the new guidance, National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said employers will now be seen as violating labor laws when they offer severance agreements requiring employees to waive their rights, especially their right to discuss potentially unfair labor practices.
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