Member

As enormous as the new protection will be to individuals who have been affected or who could be affected in the future, the far bigger prize on offer through the Bill is the wholesale culture change that it will bring about. The widespread misuse of NDAs has sustained an environment where abuse and discrimination have been covered up, where silence has been bought, and where perpetrators were protected while victims were pushed aside. It has perpetuated and protected toxic workplace cultures and has allowed systemic and institutional abuse to be ignored. Where harassment and discrimination take place in the future, employers will have to address them head on. Abusers will have to face up to their wrongdoing and victims will not be the ones forced out of their jobs.