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It is one of the most notorious acronyms
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in the world of business, and I'm of
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course talking about NDAs. But the
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government is opening up a consultation
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into an all-out ban on these legal
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gagging orders in the workplace.
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>> There's a lot of talk about if it goes
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ahead, it could cost a lot for employers
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in litigation fees if confidentiality is
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basically taken away.
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>> I mean in in the UK, you're often
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required to sign the Official Secrets
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>> Yeah, a friend of mine who shall remain
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nameless worked for a big big big audit
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department at a big big big firm and
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audited a royal so-and-so organization
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and because it was royal had to sign the
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Official Secrets Act that he wouldn't
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disclose anything about their P&L or or
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anything like that. So paperwork
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preventing you from saying stuff has
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been around for quite some time. So it'd
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be interesting to see exactly where the
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government draws the line on that.
