Google on Thursday said it’s making changes to the way it handles sexual harassment cases, including greater transparency, new reporting channels, and making arbitration optional for individual harassment and assault claims.
In a letter sent to Google employees, CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for how the company has handled sexual harassment cases in the past and announced a “comprehensive action plan” to make progress.
“We recognize that we have not always gotten everything right in the past and we are sincerely sorry for that,” he wrote. “It’s clear we need to make some changes.”
Google employees walked out of the company’s offices around the world on Nov. 1 in protest.
