No termination for refusing to sign confidentiality statement
An employer may not fire an employee who refuses to sign an illegal confidentiality statement, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. It has affirmed a National Labor Relations Board order requiring reinstatement of an employee who refused to sign a confidentiality statement saying he wouldn’t discuss the terms and conditions of his employment or answer questions from the media about the workings of his employer. Marcus Acosta worked as a prevention specialist for the Long Island Association for Aids Care and was asked by his employer to sign a four-part confidentiality statement. The statement provided that he would not divulge information protected by the Health Insurance...
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