Not exact matches
These provisions strengthen protections for Federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or
abuse, and modify rules on the use of
nondisclosure policies or
agreements by government agencies.
When no sexual harassment or sexual
abuse claims have been asserted, will severance payments made pursuant to a separation
agreement that includes a broad, general release and a
nondisclosure provision be non-deductible?
A more risk adverse approach is to draft
nondisclosure and non-disparagement provisions in separation
agreements that expressly exclude claims of sexual harassment and sexual
abuse.
Specifically, a «settlement or payment related to sexual harassment or sexual
abuse,» and the «attorney's fees related to such a settlement or payment,» are no longer a deductible business expense «if such settlement or payment is subject to a
nondisclosure agreement.»