Pfizer Arbitration Gag Provision Is Lawful, Labor Board Rules

A Pfizer Inc. contract provision requiring employees to keep the subject and materials of arbitration proceedings confidential is lawful, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

The gag order in the pharmaceutical company’s arbitration agreement should be evaluated under a doctrine from President Donald Trump’s first administration, not a more-recent standard around handbook provisions, the NLRB held Wednesday.

The Pfizer decision marks one of the first times the board has spoken on workplace rules since regaining a Republican majority with the confirmations of James Murphy and Scott Mayer. NLRB General Counsel Crystal Carey told regional agency officials to dial back efforts ...