State governments are strengthening rules that prohibit some workplace confidentiality agreements as more companies ask workers to sign broadly worded contracts.
Non-disclosure agreements have become so routine that even loading-dock workers sign them as part of their onboarding paperwork, prompting courts and legislatures to weigh in as employees complain they’re reluctant to speak up about workplace misconduct.
“NDAs in employment contracts have long existed, but we’ve seen them definitely in the past few years change in shape and how frequently they show up,” said Andrea Johnson, National Women’s Law Center Director of State Policy.
“It’s not any more about trade secrets. The words used will easily cover what happens in the workplace and what the employee sees,” she said in an interview.
The situation has gotten tense in Illinois, where a worker was fired after she talked to reporters about her work environment at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse. She claims her coworkers were made to understand she was ousted because she spoke out. Amazon said the termination was for attendance reasons.
Either way, Amazon’s confidentiality agreement is at issue in the case. The fired employee’s lawyer is currently investigating several claims by other clients who have alleged retaliation from Amazon since they complained about the work environment at the company’s Joliet warehouse....
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