Employment-related claims for private tech companies likely to
rise in 2019.
2018 was another challenging year of legal and regulatory
scrutiny for technology companies, especially the fastest-growing
tech companies, or Unicorns, valued at over $1 billion. We saw once
again that founders and technologists might take on the persona of
superhero or celebrity CEOs, but they are not always the best
leaders.
This was magnified by incidents of harassment that are often
fostered by a protective, and sometimes reckless culture. Google
recently revealed the firing of 48 employees for sexual harassment
during the past two years, a disclosure that came shortly after
reports that it protected some male executives facing sexual
misconduct allegations and offered them large sums to leave the
company.
