For a new article, CNN turned Granovsky & Sundaresh PLLC to discuss a new National Labor Relations Board decision that will affect severance agreement clauses.
I weighed in on the implications of the latest NLRB’s decision to restrict a company’s ability to use a confidentiality clause often included in severance contracts.
CNN’s Jeanne Sahadi article, “Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance,” details how employers violate employees’ rights under sections 7 and 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act. Sahadi, a senior writer for CNN Business, notes that employers will need to avoid overly broad language in agreements.
“A severance agreement is unlawful if it precludes an employee from assisting coworkers with workplace issues concerning their employer, and from communicating with others, including a union, and the Board, about his employment,” the board wrote.
For the article, I told CNN: “Companies are definitely incentivized to silence their departing employees…[because it helps them keep] all the skeletons in the closet.”