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News & Commentary February 22, 2023
https://onlabor.org/february-22-2022/
Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan is a student at Harvard Law School.
Today’s News and Commentary: the Board issued a new ruling on severance agreements, HarperCollins employees return to work, Senator Sanders sends a letter to Google, and two new reports show a rise in labor activity and the benefits of a four-day workweek.
The Board issued a new ruling prohibiting employers from requiring employees to waive NLRA rights in severance agreements. In the case, McLaren Macomb, the Board found that severance agreements requiring employees to refrain from disclosing the terms of the agreement or from making critical comments about their employer—and even the offer of such agreements—violated 8(a)(1) by deterring the employees from using their section 7 rights. This marks a return to the Board’s standard before Baylor University Medical Center in 2020.
More than 250 HarperCollins employees returned to work after their union ratified an agreement with the publisher. Gains included an increase in the base salary from $45,000 to $50,000 in 2025, two hours of available overtime that did not require management approval, a $1,500 lump-sum payment to union members, and compensation for work on diversity and inclusion efforts. The strike had begun in November.
FULL story at link above.