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Legal Q&A on Confidentiality Policies

Question – Can an Employer maintain a Confidentiality Policy that explicitly directs employees not to discuss coworkers’ “private employee information,” such as salaries, disciplinary action, etc., unless the information was “shared by the employee” whose information is being discussed? Answer – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently upheld a determination by the National Labor Relations Board that such a policy violates the National Labor Relations Act. The

Trump DOL Pick Acosta Comments on Overtime Rule

As previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor’s final Overtime Rule is currently enjoined nationwide. The injunction was promptly appealed by the DOL. The Department is now in the middle of the briefing process, with a due date of May 1, 2017. By that time, President Trump Labor Secretary nominee Alex Acosta will certainly be confirmed. In his March 22, 2017 confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Acosta discussed his tho

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