Congress passes groundbreaking bill limiting use of secret agreements in sexual harassment cases – By Emily Peck (Axios) / Nov 16, 2022
The U.S. House took a groundbreaking, bipartisan step Wednesday to limit the use of non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements to silence survivors of workplace sexual misconduct.
The latest: The Speak Out Act now heads to President Biden’s desk after passing the House 315 -109; it had passed the Senate unanimously in September.
- “Sometimes we’ll get like one or two Republicans and call something bipartisan,” Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), a cosponsor, said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “This is not one of those examples.”
- This is the second #MeToo bill passed this year, and together these these bills represent “the most significant labor legislation this century,” Bustos said.
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