UK moves to ban NDAs used to silence victims of workplace abuse
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The provision would void existing NDAs used by businesses to silence employees who were subject to sexual harassment or discrimination.
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LONDON - Britain is moving to ban employers from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to muzzle workers who have been the victims of misconduct on the job.
The provision is set to be added to the broader employee-rights legislation being advanced by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government.
It would void existing NDAs used by businesses to silence employees who were subject to sexual harassment or discrimination and allow witnesses to speak out without risk of being sued, the government said in a statement.
“Victims and witnesses of harassment and discrimination have been silenced for too long,” Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said in a post on social media platform X on the night of July 7.
“This Labour government will stamp it out.”
The provision of the workers-rights legislation may mend some of the political divisions among Mr Starmer’s Labour Party that were underscored last week by a rebellion that forced him to back down
That marked a humiliating defeat for Mr Starmer just a year after Labour won a commanding victory in the 2024 election, and will force Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to find additional ways to cut spending or raise taxes when she crafts her upcoming budget. BLOOMBERG
