From needing tougher penalties to stopping non-disclosure agreements silencing people, a new report shows Australia is falling behind on protecting workers.
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A range of contractual clauses can be used to limit how and where you work after you leave a job. While they may protect legitimate business interests, their overuse undermines job mobility and innovation.
There’s a broader push to limit the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when dealing with sexual harassment cases. Any reforms should centre on giving victim-survivors greater agency.
Non-disclosure agreements have been used to keep victim-survivors from speaking up. Despite guidelines addressing this, new research shows such agreements remain standard practice.
Research in universities and businesses experiencing persistent sexual harassment shows non-disclosure agreements can have negative effects on workers and their organizations.
NDAs are increasingly used against employees who make complaints about discrimination and harassment. This practice needs to end.
South Africa’s constitutional values of good public governance and transparency in public procurement have been sacrificed in the process of buying COVID-19 vaccines.
Bloomberg released three women from their nondisclosure agreements after Sen. Warren challenged him on the topic at the Nevada Democratic debate.
The US government wants to seize all the proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir.
Time magazine named the #MeToo movement its ‘person’ of the year, highlighting the role companies and nondisclosure agreements play in keeping the victims of abuse silent.
Nondisclosure agreements are getting a bad rap these days because they’ve been used to prevent victims of sexual harassment and abuse from speaking out. But not all are nefarious.
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Business, Dalhousie University
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Social Justice Practitioner in Residence/Senior Solicitor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Social Justice Practitioner in Residence/Senior Lawyer, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor in School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor in the Department of Public Law, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Researcher Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute; Sessional Academic RMIT University, The Australia Institute
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong