Whistleblower protections: Alphabet shareholder wants policy review
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San Francisco, April 7 : Google s abrupt firing of prominent Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics researcher Timnit Gebru late last year and reports of the company sacking more employees later has now led an Alphabet shareholder to push for adoption of policies for better whistleblower protections.
Trillium Asset Management has filed a shareholder resolution asking the board of directors for review of current policies by a third party, The Verge reported on Tuesday. Reporting suggests that many Google employees who have resigned or been fired . publicly report retaliation after voicing human rights implications of company practices, including systemic workplace racism and sexism, the resolution reads.
Google Advised Mental Health Care by Angela Mohan on March 11, 2021 at 9:21 AM
Google advised its employees to go for mental health counselling or apply leave when they complained about racism or sexual harassment at workplace, the media reported.
According to NBC News, Google s human resources (HR) department encouraged them to take mental health leave, even when their complaints were unrelated to such concerns. They consulted human resources after colleagues made comments about their skin colour or Black hairstyles or asked if they were sexually interested in their teammates. They also contacted human resources to report retaliation after protesting sexual harassment issues and to advocate for raises for Black people to match white employees pay, the report said on Sunday.
San Francisco, March 8 (IANS) Several Google employees have said that the company allegedly suggested them to go for mental health counselling or apply leave
Several Google employees have said that the company allegedly suggested them to go for mental health counseling or apply for leave when they complained