NBCUniversal will allow former employees to be released from nondisclosure agreements, allowing for sexual harassment victims to speak out without repercussion:
“None of us asked to get into a workplace dispute. We simply had the courage to stand up and say something — but in the end it’s our voices no one can hear,” Carlson told, “Until we get rid of NDAs for sexual harassment or assault, women will never be truly equal. NDAs grant the ultimate secrecy, serving to keep our society’s gender inequality intact.”
On October 30, NBC News Digital employees announced that they unionized with NewsGuild. “Recent weeks have highlighted serious questions as to how NBC News has handled incidents of sexual misconduct in the workplace as well as the opaque processes and procedures for reporting on and exposing powerful predators.
, “This lack of transparency and NBC News' troubling trend of passing on stories which investigate the powerful ultimately harm our credibility as journalists.” an email that Chris Berend, the executive vice president of digital for NBC News Group sent to staff the next day.
The statement alluded to two of the claims Farrow made in his new book, that the network interfered with his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, and concerns about how executives handled the sexual harassment allegations against former “Today” anchor Matt Lauer.
Legislatures in at least 13 states have limited or prohibited employers from requiring employees to sign nondisclosure agreements as a condition of being hired or as part of a settlement agreement, according to the. The legislation has gone into effect in Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
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