Apple will allow its employees the freedom to voice their concerns about discrimination and abuse

Apple will not prohibit employees from speaking up about workplace harassment or discrimination issues. As I first mentioned before financial times. company Share the newsApple’s Non-Disclosure Agreements are now available. This agreement previously excluded language relating to working conditions.

In a note titled “Our Commitment to an Open and Collaborative Workplace,” Apple says “employees have the right to speak freely about their workplace conditions, including harassment and discrimination.” It adds that the independent reviewer only found provisions that could be “interpreted as restricting a person’s ability to speak up about such behavior” in “limited cases”, and that Apple is “committed not to impose such limitations and to make future improvements and clarifications”. Apple has already included language from California’s Silenced No More Act into employee separation agreements in the US.

Apple’s use masking clauses have come under scrutiny after Cher Scarlett (an #AppleToo organizer, former Apple engineer) raised concerns. He left the company, accusing it of involvement “In a coercive and oppressive activity that enabled the abuse and harassment of the organizers of the protected coordinated activity.” as such Report indicated by from the insideScarlett claimed that Apple had prevented Scarlett from describing her departure as part of a separation deal. After several months, Called a group of treasurersThe Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating if Apple uses its non-disclosure agreements as a way to silence workers.

Nia Impact Capital: “We are happy to share that Apple released its report” and that it will end the use of masking clauses within employee contracts for domestic and international workers. He writes on TwitterNoting that contracted employees are also included. “This is a revolutionary shift in the technology sector.”