NDAs are creating issues in the workplace for allegedly hiding sexual misconduct among employees, with contracts to prevent stories from being shared.
Newsy is digging into a little acronym that has an increasing impact on the world of business today: the NDA.
But it can be difficult for news like this to come out, especially if the stories aren't as high-profile. Weinstein's assistant Zelda Perkins was bound by an NDA that came with a settlement of 125,000 British pounds. Her colleague Rowena Chiu had survived an alleged rape attempt by Weinstein and shared her story with Perkins the next day.
While in office, President Trump faced a lawsuit from adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who sued to try to get out of an NDA she signed before the 2016 election to not share details of an affair she had with him. The suit was resolved when a court ruled the NDA wasn't enforceable. California amended its original law last year to ban all instances of current or former employers blocking their employees from publicly disclosing an allegation of sexual misconduct. Maine passed a similar law this year that takes effect August 8.
Earlier this July, a bipartisan group of representatives in congress called for passage of the speak-out act, which would block judicial enforcement of NDAs involving an allegation of illegal sexual harassment or assault that were signed before an incident occurred.
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