A recent audit highlighted severe dysfunction in Massachusetts' employee settlement system, revealing 159 settlements with non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) despite an alleged ban initiated in 2018. Auditor Diana DiZoglio reported that these settlements, costing the state $2.3 million, were executed haphazardly with unclear policies. The audit questioned former Governor Baker's informal NDA ban's existence and enforcement. Governor Healey responded to the findings by instituting a formal NDA ban to prevent further misuse of confidentiality clauses, indicating a necessary shift in governance approach.
"Even after this alleged, informal policy was supposedly implemented by the prior Governor, there was no consistent adherence to it, including within the Office of the Governor itself."
"There exists little more than a haphazard approach to executing settlements, including those containing confidentiality clauses, with an informal, verbal policy that was allegedly promulgated around 2018 regarding non-disclosure language."
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