Handbooks

Handbook Policy on Confidentiality Ruled Unlawful

confidential Even though the company’s handbook did not explicitly prohibit employees from discussing their wages or other terms and conditions of employment, the National Labor Relations Board was correct in concluding that the handbook’s confidentiality language created an “unqualified prohibition” of the release of “any informatio Read more

Handbook Rules Chill Protected Activities Says Fourth Circuit

A security guard company distributed an employee handbook containing work rules prohibiting employees from 1) complaining to clients, 2) solicitation and distribution of literature “at all times while on duty or in uniform,” and 3) fraternizing on or off duty with other employees. Read more

Unsigned Reimbursement Policy Not Enforceable, Court Says

Contract Signing A high tech company seeking to recover relocation, training, and certification costs from a former “Vice President of Emerging Technologies” based on a handbook policy that was emailed to him but left unsigned did not have an enforceable policy, a Mississippi appeals court rules. Read more