Google hears protesters, changes sexual harassment policies


  • TECH
  • Friday, 09 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Workers hold signs outside 14th Street Park across the Google offices after walking out as part of a global protest over workplace issues in New York, U.S., November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Nov 8 it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000 of its workers around the world walked off their jobs to protest its response to such issues.

Arbitration will become optional for individual sexual harassment and sexual assault claims, Google said, enabling lawsuits on those matters. It also said employees who fail to complete mandatory sexual harassment training will be docked in performance reviews.

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