Under pressure, Michael Bloomberg faces a new court challenge to his company's use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases

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A former Bloomberg employee is asking a judge to invalidate employees' NDAs, as Michael Bloomberg faces pressure over his use of the agreements.

urging them to publicly condemn these types of agreements in the context of workplace issues, such as sexual misconduct and a toxic work culture.„Employees, and particularly female employees who are aware of discrimination in the workplace, if they become aware of it or become a victim of it, they are afraid to complain, to lose their job, to be retaliated against, to not be believed – and therefore they are silenced,“ Clancy told Business Insider. „When they are silenced, it breeds a culture.

According to court records, the agreement Evans signed with Bloomberg LP in 2016 bars her from „disparaging [Bloomberg LP]“ or making any „statements…to the media, to current or former employees or to others, that may be considered to be derogatory to the good name or business reputation“ of Bloomberg LP.

Since 2016, Clancy has filed three cases against Bloomberg LP, including Evans‘ case. All three are currently ongoing and describe rampant discrimination and a toxic culture at Bloomberg LP. In one filing, a young woman identified as „Margaret Doe“ alleged she was raped by her boss during her tenure at the company., one of the founders of Lift Our Voices, told Business Insider that, thus far, Bloomberg has not responded to the group’s letter.

Roginsky said that Biden and Walsh told the group that they don’t use non-disclosure agreements for their campaign workers. In a statement to Lift Our Voices, the Biden campaign said „sexual harassment and other types of discrimination at work are simply unacceptable. No one should be forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prevents them from speaking out about harassment or discrimination, and Joe Biden opposes non-disclosure agreements that have been used to silence survivors.

 

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