What You Need to Know

• The company is banning nondisclosure clauses and most noncompete agreements for U.S. employees.
• It also will begin providing pay ranges in salary postings and will launch a racial-equity audit.
• The moves come as corporate America faces heightened pressure from employees, shareholders and lawmakers.

Microsoft announced this week that it is adopting a slate of employee-friendly policies, wiping out a variety of controversial practices, including requiring noncompete agreements in U.S. employment agreements and nondisclosure clauses in settlement and separation agreements with U.S. workers.

The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant also said it will publicly disclose salary ranges for U.S. job postings, starting in January. In addition, it will conduct a civil rights audit of its workforce to determine whether its practices cause or perpetuate discrimination.

Want to continue reading?
Become an ALM Digital Reader for Free!

• Free access to 1 article* every 30 days
• Access to the entire ALM network of websites
• Unlimited access to the ALM suite of newsletters
• Build custom alerts on any search topic of your choosing
• Search by a wide range of topics

Already have an account?

Read Full Story: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2022/06/10/as-reform-pressures-mount-microsof...