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Julia Szlakowski never signed a non-disclosure agreement so when her alleged sexual harasser got a massive promotion with uncapped bonuses, she didn’t need to keep quiet.
So far, companies have used non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to keep everything silent. That trick may be coming to an end now the government has agreed to the development of new guidelines around NDAs in its response to Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins’ Respect@Work report.
Julia Szlakowski and AMP Capital s Boe Pahari.
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The response was the usual Coalition confusion - just a few elements of the report’s 55 recommendations accepted without argument, others in parts, others just noted. At least NDAs got a look in, which is a glimmer of hope in an otherwise lacklustre and laggardly response. New guidelines might just be the undoing of all those workplace sexual harassers out there, particularly now big institutional investors are backing cultural change.
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