Possible ban on NDAs tests Albany commitment to fighting sexual harassment: Advocates
ALBANY – A legislative effort to ban non-disclosure agreements statewide will also test Albany’s commitment in upcoming weeks to battling sexual harassment, advocates say.
“I have been silenced by an NDA prohibiting me from ever disclosing what really happened. I may never get my voice back,” former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who famously settled with the network over sexual harassment allegations, said at a Capitol press conference on Monday. Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas said NDAs keep people from warning others about sexual harassers in the workplace.And the state Legislature is among the employers that still utilize non-disclosures – a fact that could change if the bill passes both chambers before the scheduled end of the 2023 session on June 8.
The New York bill would ban NDAs in legal settlements, but it would not bar employers from requiring workers to sign agreements barring them from divulging “trade secrets, proprietary information or confidential information” that are not tied to anti-discrimination laws,
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