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posted by martyb on Monday July 24 2017, @01:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-bad-news-must-be-good-news...-right? dept.

Last October, AngelList, a company that helps tech start-ups raise money and hire employees, held an office retreat. In the Hollywood Hills, far from Silicon Valley, the firm's mostly male staff mingled poolside with bikini-clad women who had been invited to the event.

Before the afternoon was over, Babak Nivi, a founder and board member at AngelList, said things that made Julie Ruvolo, a contractor, uncomfortable about working at the company. His comments included a suggestion that the women, who were not employees, warm up the pool by jumping in and rubbing their bodies together. The incident was described by two entrepreneurs who were told about it in the weeks after it occurred but were not authorized to speak about it.

Precisely what occurred at the Hollywood Hills event and the details of the agreement are not publicly known. Several weeks after the party, each side signed a nondisparagement clause as part of a settlement, the two people said. And neither Ms. Ruvolo nor AngelList are permitted to talk about what happened that day.

As more harassment allegations come to light, employment lawyers say nondisparagement agreements have helped enable a culture of secrecy. In particular, the tech start-up world has been roiled by accounts of workplace sexual harassment, and nondisparagement clauses have played a significant role in keeping those accusations secret. Harassers move on and harass again. Women have no way of knowing their history. Nor do future employers or business partners.

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/21/abuses-hide-in-the-silence-of-non-disparagement-agreements.html

Related: Silicon Valley Women Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @05:04PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @05:04PM (#543768)

    Yup, white collar crime gets a big pass because its wrapped around a bunch of semi-legal bullshit. Greedy humans are making this planet worse and worse. The problem is somehow getting worse with cynicism and greed spreading to every aspect of our lives.

  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday July 24 2017, @05:25PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday July 24 2017, @05:25PM (#543781) Journal

    white collar crime gets a big pass because its wrapped around a bunch of semi-legal bullshit.

    No, its fully legal by this time [americanbar.org] and has been for almost a decade.

    The problem is somehow getting worse with cynicism

    Such as your's in the above post?

    Bitching about the level of bitching seems , at best unhelpful.

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