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SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Uber CEO may step aside
The leadership crisis bedeviling ride-hailing company Uber is forcing the company’s Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick to consider stepping down temporarily pending the completion of a sexual harassment investigation.
Reports say leadership crisis intensified Sunday as the board of directors met to weigh issues including a possible leave of absence for Kalanick and the potential departure of his closest lieutenant.
Sunday’s board meeting capped a difficult stretch for the ride-hailing company, which is trying to weather an investigation into its workplace culture.
Read also: 20 Uber employees fired over sexual harassment investigation, report says
The San Francisco, California-based company reportedly hired an independent law firm Covington & Burling to investigate its internal practices.
And according to a report by the law firm, a total of 20 Uber employees have thus far been sacked following investigation into allegations of sexual.
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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