Workers Sue Elon Musk’s X for Severance Pay

​Social media company X—formerly Twitter—is facing two federal class-action lawsuits claiming it failed to pay severance benefits after Elon Musk took over as CEO and implemented mass layoffs. The first lawsuit, filed on... Read more »

Viewpoint: NLRB Finds Unlawful Standard Employer Protections in Severance Agreement

?Overruling precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled in McLaren Macomb that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by including in a proposed severance agreement standard provisions... Read more »

NLRB Limits Nondisparagement Requirements in Severance Agreements

?Employers can no longer use severance agreements in sweeping terms to prevent laid-off employees from talking about their work or criticizing their former employer, under a decision from the National Labor Relations... Read more »

Laid-Off BuzzFeed Workers Demand Vacation Payout

BuzzFeed—a digital media company headquartered in New York City—should have paid recently laid-off workers the vacation time they earned but didn't use due to the demands of the job, according to a... Read more »
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