Compliance Brief: New Limitations on Severance Agreements


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
This Compliance Brief course covers a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (McLaren Macomb) and guidance issued by the Board’s General Counsel that affect the terms of severance and other agreements that may be offered to employees by their employers in the U.S. The course gives a short overview of these developments, the impact of overly broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions on severance agreements, and what employees and managers should be aware of going forward.

Target Audience
All employees

Expected Duration (hours)
0.1

Lesson Objectives

Compliance Brief: New Limitations on Severance Agreements

  • describe what provisions in severance agreements are considered unlawful by the National Labor Relations Board McLaren Macomb decision
  • Course Number:
    lc_lchr01_d83_enus

    Expertise Level
    Everyone