New Google Harassment Policy Falls Short of Worker Demands

Google announced changes to how it will handle claims of sexual harassment among employees, including making arbitration optional for individual harassment and sexual assault claims. While additional transparency and protection for workers is a sign of progress, the change is incremental rather than transformative, because Google’s arbitration provision still prohibits collective action. Harassment claims will no longer be forced into private arbitration, but only individuals can now bring their claims before a jury.

Nitasha Tiku

https://www.wired.com/story/google-harassment-policy-falls-short-worker-demands/

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Google Tries New Rules to Curtail Harassment of Employees

After a series of workplace lawsuits and divisive attacks between employees, Google has revised its internal code of conduct with more explicit rules against harassing coworkers, and for the first time, set guidelines on what people may post on the company’s internal online forums.

Nitasha Tiku

https://www.wired.com/story/google-tries-new-rules-to-curtail-harassment-of-employees/