“We’re taking the gag off of survivors and pushing businesses to create safer work environments.” President Biden signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking publicly.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking publicly about misconduct in the workplace.
“Instead of protecting trade secrets as it was initially intended, abusive use of NDAs silence employees and covers up serious and systemic misconduct,” said New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat who introduced the measure. Gillibrand cited massage parlors and assisted living facilities as examples of places where mandatory NDAs have been used.
Employers and consumers sometimes unknowingly sign away their rights with the agreements and that allows harassment to continue by silencing victims and shielding perpetrators, a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers said in a statement last month after the House passed the measure on a 315-109 vote.
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