Court rules Meta's mass layoff severance agreements were illegal

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A recent decision by a US judge has deemed the separation agreements Meta provided to employees during the mass layoff season of 2022 illegal.

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative law judge Andrew Gollin issued the decision last week, highlighting the violation of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in these agreements.