Apple to Clarify Confidentiality Pacts in Labor Board Deal (1)

Apple Inc. has agreed to clarify its corporate confidentiality provision for employees nationwide in a deal reached over unfair labor practice charges filed by a former employee.

The tech giant won’t enforce the definition of “proprietary information” laid out in its confidentiality and intellectual property agreement, according to a settlement filed with the National Labor Relations Board April 4.

The originating case complaint was filed in September 2024 under former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, alleging that several of Apple’s policies for employees at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. unlawfully restricted workers’ rights to organize. The charges were levied ...