Question – University of Tasmania Non-Disclosure Agreements

Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 9 March 2022 and answered by the Government on 28 April 2022.

With regard to staff resigning, and/or taking redundancies, from employment at UTAS in recent times:

Can the Government —

Question 1 – Confirm that staff have been required to sign Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs); and

Question 2
(a) if so, clarify whether NDAs imposed at the time of resignation, and/or redundancy, are a standard practice at UTAS or any other educational institutions established under state legislation;

(b) confirm how many former staff were required to sign NDAs upon leaving UTAS employment for the period of the last 5 years; and

(c) advise what legal assistance is provided to staff at the time of negotiating any such NDAs?

Answer: The questions relate to the operations of the University of Tasmania and to matters that are ultimately the responsibility of the University Council.

Response from UTAS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rufus Black:

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