OMD joins list of businesses to waiver NDAs in wake of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces
Omnicom-owned media agency OMD Australia has joined the list of businesses who have agreed to partially waive non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which will allow people affected by sexual harassment in the Australian workplace to make confidential submission to the national inquiry.
OMD Australia joins other businesses who have also agreed to waive their NDAs, including KPMG, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, Medibank, BHP and Telstra.
The movement encourages to partially waiver NDAs so those affected by sexual harassment can make confidential submissions to the National Inquiry.
A partial waiver?
Give me a break. A waiver is there to protect both parties guilty or not.
Either sign a waiver or not.
Neither party should be left wondering.
This is unworkable.
As time will prove.
Many people have been bullied into signing NDAs, been forced to sign them under duress or in some cases dealt with obfuscation around what the NDA actually is – not even receiving a copy.
I think you’ll find this is the reason why we need to “waive together” so we can address the behaviours that are leading to the attitude that the person/employee being wronged “needs protection”. The only thing that person needs protection from is the perpetrators of poor behaviour – like the Weinsteins.
Here’s HBR’s take: https://hbr.org/2018/01/ndas-are-out-of-control-heres-what-needs-to-change
This is a cool idea for a good cause. Well done. Hopefully all agencies get on board.
Over to you IPG………