Confidentiality Agreement, Edict Not to Discuss Company Business with Clients Unlawful: NLRB | Practical Law

Confidentiality Agreement, Edict Not to Discuss Company Business with Clients Unlawful: NLRB | Practical Law

In Battle's Transportation Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that an employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by having employees sign an overbroad confidentiality agreement and by issuing a memo to employees instructing them not to discuss company business with customers. The NLRB also found that the employer unlawfully demanded that the union replace its steward and suspended and discharged the steward for engaging in protected union activity.

Confidentiality Agreement, Edict Not to Discuss Company Business with Clients Unlawful: NLRB

by Practical Law Labor and Employment
Published on 03 Mar 2015USA (National/Federal)
In Battle's Transportation Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that an employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by having employees sign an overbroad confidentiality agreement and by issuing a memo to employees instructing them not to discuss company business with customers. The NLRB also found that the employer unlawfully demanded that the union replace its steward and suspended and discharged the steward for engaging in protected union activity.