Microsoft fires 20 employees after reports of sexual harassment

Microsoft has fired around 20 employees in one year for multiple cases of sexual harassment against them. 

Microsoft’s chief people officer Katherine Hogan sent out a company-wide memo announcing the dismissal of employees responsible for unfit workplace behavior. “Nearly 50% were found to be supported in part or in full following the investigation, and more than half of these resulted in termination of an employee who engaged in unacceptable behavior,” said Hogan, in a memo released by the software giant.

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In recent years the company has received several discrimination and harassment complaints from female employees as court documents surfaced this week. The lawsuit filed against the company says that 118 complaints of gender discrimination and 108 complaints relating to physical harassment were filed between 2010 and 2016. However, only one out of 118 gender discrimination complaints were taken under consideration by the company’s investigation team.

Hogan dismissed the lawsuit calling it an ‘inaccurate and misleading data.’ “We want people to be able to raise their concerns. We take these concerns seriously and we investigate them thoroughly. And where we find issues, we take appropriate action,” she said.

The next hearing of the case will determine whether the company’s case will become a class action lawsuit or not. Class action lawsuit means a group of people with similar problem demand legal claim against the defendant.