NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowan rescinded a number of active General Counsel Memoranda citing an increasing “backlog of cases [grown] to the point where it is no longer sustainable.” Among those rescinded were a pair of memos issued by recently ousted NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo that declare non-compete agreements between employers and workers illegal under the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”).
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded several memoranda issued by the
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The National ... Labor Relations Act. Friday’s memorandum from the Trump administration’s William B. Cowen rescinded an array of memoranda that had been issued by Jennifer Abruzzo, including ...