Apple CEO’s Anti-Leak Edict Broke Law, Ex-Employee Alleges - Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.’s restrictive employee handbook rules and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s recent pledge to punish leakers both violate U.S. law, according to new complaints that a fired activist filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

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In filings Tuesday, former Apple employee Ashley Gjovik alleged that a September all-staff email from Cook, saying that “people who leak confidential information do not belong here,” violated the National Labor Relations Act, which protects U.S. workers’ right to communicate with one another and engage in collective action about workplace issues.

Cook wrote that Apple was “doing everything in our power to identify those who leaked,” and “we do not tolerate disclosures of confidential information, whether it’s product IP or the details of a confidential meeting.” His email followed media reports about a companywide internal meeting the prior week at which management fielded questions about topics such as pay equity and Texas’ anti-abortion law.

Gjovik’s filings also challenge what she says are several policies in Apple’s employee handbook that illegally interfere with workers’ rights, including restrictions on disclosing “business information,” talking to reporters, revealing co-workers’ compensation or posting impolite tweets.

Apple didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Gjovik, a senior engineering program manager, was fired by Apple in September after filing complaints with state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as the NLRB.

source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-ceo-anti-leak-edict-163318030.html

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