The government has reached 35 settlement agreements with former employees which included non-disclosure agreements over the last two years.
Minister David Ashford provided the figures, 16 in 2023/24 and 19 in 2024/25, In response to a question from Tim Glover.
“It is standard practice for the Manx Industrial Relations Service (MIRS) to use non-disclosure, (commonly referred to as confidentiality clauses), in settlement agreements, a practice which MIRS recommends,” said Mr Ashford.
He added: “A non-disclosure agreement clause may be included in an agreement to keep certain details of the agreement confidential such as the sum of money agreed within the settlement; some or all of the other settlement terms and; some or all of the circumstances leading to the settlement.”
Mr Ashford also said that NDAs “cannot seek to prevent someone from making protected disclosures (whistleblowing)”.
The MUA and Isle of Man Post Office data is not held on the Office of Human Resources HR system so neither of those bodies are included in the figures.