Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 56951

Employment Tribunals Service: Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in employment tribunal settlements.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Government has been clear that NDAs should not be misused by employers to conceal misconduct. There are already legal limitations on the use of NDAs. For example, an NDA cannot prevent a worker from whistleblowing, require a worker to cover up iniquit...

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