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20 Uber employees fired over sexual harassment investigation, report says

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20 Uber employees fired over sexual harassment investigation, report says

A total of 20 Uber employees have thus far been sacked following investigation into allegations of sexual harassment according to a report by a law firm Perkins Coie LLP (via Bloomberg), which Uber hired to lead the investigation.

According to the reports, their dismissals came after the law firm’s review of 215 “inappropriate workplace instances” which were broken down into 54 for discrimination, 47 for sexual harassment, 45 for unprofessional behaviour, 33 for bullying, 13 for retaliation, 19 for “other” harassment, three for physical security, and one for wrongful termination.

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The investigation’s findings follow a series of moves by Uber to improve its image. CEO Travis Kalanick asked for his senior vice president of engineering, Amit Singhal, to resign in February after the company learned of sexual harassment allegations against him while he was at Google. Singhal denies the claims.

 

 

 

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