This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40179472
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Uber fires more than 20 staff after harassment investigation | Uber fires more than 20 staff after harassment investigation |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Uber has reportedly fired more than 20 people after a company investigation of sexual harassment claims. | Uber has reportedly fired more than 20 people after a company investigation of sexual harassment claims. |
| The taxi-app firm has been under fire over its treatment of women in the workplace since earlier this year, when a former employee wrote a scathing blog post about her experience. | The taxi-app firm has been under fire over its treatment of women in the workplace since earlier this year, when a former employee wrote a scathing blog post about her experience. |
| The post prompted two investigations. | The post prompted two investigations. |
| Bloomberg and other US media first reported the firings, which they said were revealed at a company meeting on Tuesday. | Bloomberg and other US media first reported the firings, which they said were revealed at a company meeting on Tuesday. |
| Uber did not respond to a request for comment immediately. | Uber did not respond to a request for comment immediately. |
| The firm has struggled with a series of controversies in recent months, including a backlash related to its aggressive corporate culture and a lawsuit from Google-owner Alphabet over allegedly stolen technology for self-driving cars. | |
| Several high-placed executives have resigned amid the turbulence, including a former head of engineering, who had failed to disclose harassment complaints at his former employer. | |
| Chief executive Travis Kalanick's filmed argument with an Uber driver over falling rates also fuelled criticism, leading him to say that he needed "leadership help". | |
| Bloomberg reported that the law firm Perkins Coie investigated 215 claims and took no action in 100 of them. The attorney leading that investigation did not respond to a request for comment. | |
| Uber also tapped Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under former US president Barack Obama, to investigate the company's culture. |