With employee action creating creating pressure in the tech industry , Facebook has finally opted to end force arbitration for employee seeking to lodge claims of sexual molestation . Where those case would antecedently have been handled behind closed in door , allegations of intimate misconduct on the part of Facebook doer can now be filed in open court .
sustain employee pressure on this yield has help make aid to this widely used and disliked practice — notably last week’smassive walkoutof Google employees after a New York Times investigation revealed that one of the company ’s top brass , Andy Rubin , had receive a$90 m golden parachuteas he was being pushed out due to repeated issues of sexual wrongful conduct . Yesterday in a company - blanket e-mail , CEO Sundar Pichai announce Google would be end forced arbitration for employees in cases of sexual harassment .
Microsoftrolled backa alike insurance policy in December of last year , and Uberjoinedsuit in May .
These triumph — earned through the work of aggregated employee outrage and private whistleblowers like former Uber engineerSusan Fowler — remain incomplete though . In some subject , class - action lawsuitsare still prohibited , and Google ’s change did not carve out similar rights for thecontract workersthe company relies heavily upon . ( In a Mediumpostyesterday , organizers have vow to preserve pushing for further reform . ) We ’ve asked Facebook if it ’s also engaged in similar half - measuring rod and will update when we hear back .
Facebook does not interdict employee from dating one another . It ’s policies on such relationship are public , and availablehere .
Update 11/9/18 5:52pm EDT : Facebook ’s Director of Corporate Media Relations Anthony Harrison provide the follow statement to mechanical press :
“ Last year , we print our molestation policy because we believe that the more companies are assailable about their policies , the more we can all learn from one another . Today , we are publishing our updated Workplace Relationships policy and amending our arbitrament agreements to make arbitration a choice rather than a requirement in sexual harassment claims . intimate harassment is something that we take very severely and there is no shoes for it at Facebook ”
Update 11/9/18 6:54pm EDT : Harrison clarify to Gizmodo that the policy change does allow for class - activity lawsuits .
Update 11/13/18 8:45am EDT : “ It does also cover dependent on workers and they can practice the company hotline for reportage , ” the same spokesperson told Gizmodo when asked whether the changes to arbitration covered contractile organ .
[ WSJ ]
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