September 19, 2024
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a National Labor Relations Board decision that found a Michigan hospital violated federal labor law through its offer of severance agreements, but didn't weigh in on whether the board's precedent shift on pacts that include nondisparagement clauses should stand.
April 30, 2024
The Sixth Circuit grappled Tuesday with a hospital's challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that it unlawfully offered severance agreements that muzzled workers, with one judge questioning how the agreements interfered with workers' rights and another whether the hospital was even entitled to oppose the new standard.
February 06, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's precedent shift over the lawfulness of severance agreements preventing workers from disparaging their employers is "clear legal error," a Michigan hospital contended to the Sixth Circuit, saying the board didn't balance the rights of the company and workers.