Uber Provides $4.4 Million to End Federal Sexual Harassment Investigation
Victims of sexual harassment and retaliation on Uber’s service will be dealt with. The California giant will also have to take steps to enforce its policy.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on Wednesday 18 December that Uber had agreed to pay $4.4 million (€3.95 million) in compensation to its alleged victims of gender discrimination.
According to a press release, Uber agreed to compensate “any person the EEOC finds to be a victim of sexual harassment and/or related retaliation”.
The agency did not specify in detail to which incidents the compensation relates, but recalled that proceedings had been initiated “after wide publicity in 2017 regarding the treatment of Uber employees”.
After an investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) resulted in a report on the culture of sexual harassment and retaliation against victims in the workplace, Uber agreed to pay a fine of $4.4 million.
The investigation found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that such conduct existed at Uber, including under the leadership of its former CEO Travis Kalanick.
Tony West, Uber’s General Counsel, went on to say that he was satisfied with the results of the investigation and that Uber is working to ensure that there is real fairness between people within the company.
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