Apple was accused by a U.S. labour board of violating workers’ rights to organise and demand improved working conditions by upholding a number of illegal workplace policies.
In a lawsuit released late on Monday, the National Labour Relations Board asserts that Apple enforced excessively broad social media and misconduct policies, as well as illegal confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-compete agreements on all of its employees nationwide.
The complaint accuses Apple of “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of” their rights under federal labour law.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An administrative judge will hear the case starting in January if Apple does not reach a settlement with the allegations. The government is attempting to compel Apple to withdraw the purportedly illegal regulations and advise all of its employees in the United States of their legal rights.
The five-member labour board may review the decisions made by administrative judges, and its decisions may be challenged in federal appellate courts.
The case is based on accusations that Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering manager at Apple, made against the business in 2021. Gjovik claimed that a number of Apple policies, such as those pertaining to social media usage and secrecy, discourage staff members from talking to the media and one another about matters like sex discrimination and pay fairness.
In May, Gjovik also filed a case in federal court in California, claiming that Apple had unlawfully retaliated against her for filing NLRB grievances and making an effort to organise other employees. Apple has denied wrongdoing and has attempted to dismiss the case.
At least two further NLRB cases against the corporation are still pending. They allege that the company unlawfully interfered with an Atlanta retail store’s union effort and fired an employee at its Cupertino, California, headquarters for criticising supervisors. The corporation has denied wrongdoing.
In May, the National Labour Relations Board declared that the manager of a Manhattan Apple store had illegally questioned a worker about his union participation. Since 2022, two Apple stores in the US have become unionised, and labour organisations are attempting to organise many additional sites.
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