Nondisclosure agreements have come under scrutiny across the globe as the #MeToo movement — spurred by media accounts of misconduct against women in the United States — led to broader questions on how and why on-the-job harassment continues. Generally used by companies to keep internal matters secret, nondisclosure agreements are increasingly viewed as shields that allow bad or illegal workplace behavior to persist. In New York, a new law bars employers from offering nondisclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases unless the person who complains asks for that confidentiality. Ms. Jenkins started her career as an employment lawyer in the years after Australia passed a law in 1984 that barred sexual harassment at work. She advised companies on hundreds of disputes that often ended with nondisclosure agreements.

Source: International New York Times May 01, 2019 09:00 UTC