Non-disclosure agreements gagging workers to be banned (www.bbc.com)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

reporting anything illegal/unethical should break any NDA.

how tf are NDA's legal if they stop people from reporting anything illegal activity?

how is that different than a mafia boss threatening people to keep silent?

NDA should stop you from telling stuff to the press/other companies. but never from a court of law.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They are not. More to the point they are not legally binding.

But the corps etc recognise that most employees do not have the funds for good legal advice. So use such docs to scare the shit out of victims.

Hence why this law is needed. It basically bans the language in a contract. Honestly I don't think it goes far enough.

Employment contracts that contain any unenforceable clueses should be a crime. Companies should be forced to either use standard safe contracts. Or pay a lawyer to ensure they are not adding unenforceable language.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Lol... These sound like us non competes which were efficiently un enforceable in the us. In practice they were used against poorly educated people to scare them from seeking better work.

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