NFL’s Goodell Backs Legislation Aimed at Workplace Harassment

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell supports legislation to limit the use of workplace nondisclosure agreements, he said during a US House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday examining the alleged misconduct within the Washington Commanders football organization.

Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced the Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act (H.R. 8146), a bill that would prevent employers from using non-disclosure agreements to restrict in any way a worker’s ability to report harassment, bias, or retaliation to watchdogs like federal agencies or Congress. She also introduced the Professional Images Protection Act (H.R. 8145), legislation which would limit how employers can ...