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Committee advances bill limiting enforceability of nondisclosure agreements in employment settings
Summary
The committee moved Senate Bill 1035 to the floor. The bill would render nondisclosure provisions unenforceable where an employee reasonably believes the information concerns legally impermissible conduct — including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour violations or sexual assault — and would make such NDAs void for
The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 1035, which would restrict the use and enforcement of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in employment contexts when an employee reasonably believes the covered disclosure concerns legally impermissible conduct.
Under the proposed language, an NDA would be unenforceable if it purports to prevent a current, former or prospective employee, or an independent contractor, from disclosing conduct that the person reasonably believes to be a discriminatory employment practice, harassment, retaliation, a…
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