UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work

Exclusive: Changes to workers' rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

• Labour has delivered where Tory ministers did not on NDA rules

Bosses in the UK will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of the government's overhaul of workers' rights.

Ministers will on Monday night table amendments to the government's employment rights bill to prohibit the widespread practice of using legally enforceable NDAs to conceal unacceptable behaviour at work.