WIRTW #308 (the “Calling Dr. Love” edition)
Today is Valentine’s Day. People will send each other more than a billion cards . If some of those cards are sent in your workplace, you mig...
Does inevitable disclosure protect your company’s trade secrets? It depends.
By Jon Hyman
The most straightforward manner in which to prevent a former employee from jumping ship to one of your competitors is to have the employee s...
More on the EEOC’s position on retaliation in severance agreements: A proposed solution
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I reported on a lawsuit the EEOC has filed, claiming that some fairly generic terms in an employee severance agreement constitut...
EEOC claims retaliation over garden-variety severance terms
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC announced that it has filed a lawsuit against CVS, claiming that a severance agreement it provided to three employees unlawfully r...
Another one bites the dust: NLRB invalidates confidentiality policy
By Jon Hyman
If I’ve said it once , I’ve said it a thousand times — employers cannot maintain policies that restrict their employees’ ability to talk ab...