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In response to global protests against sexual harassment and for a more equal working environment after a New York Times article broke stating Google had concealed allegations of sexual misconduct of several of its executives and paid a senior vice president $90 million after such allegations against him were substantiated, Google announced that it will handle sexual harassment claims with transparency and employees will no longer be required to arbitrate sexual harassment or sexual assault clai
In response to global protests against sexual harassment and for
a more equal working environment after a New York Times
article broke stating Google had concealed allegations of sexual
misconduct of several of its executives and paid a senior vice
president $90 million after such allegations against him were
substantiated, Google announced that it will handle sexual
harassment claims with transparency and employees will no longer be
required to arbitrate sexual harassment or sexual assault claims.
Google also promised a revised reporting structure, annual
training, to track and report incidents of misconduct and how they
are handled.
The following day, Facebook announced that it too would end
mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims. Airbnb followed
with an announcement that it would end mandatory arbitration in
cases involving any kind of discrimination. eBay added its hat to
the ring when it announced it too would no longer require employees
to arbitrate sexual harassment claims. It is likely, with the
increased attention brought by #MeToo, that companies will continue
to reconsider and suspend mandatory arbitration programs for these
kinds of claims.
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