Facebook is putting an end to required arbitration in cases of sexual harassment, allowing employees to pursue claims in court. Facebook announced the policy change in an internal message to staff... It also changed its policy on office relationships — now executives at a director level or higher must disclose if they are dating somebody at the company. The change came a day after Google changed its policy to end required arbitration, which was a demand made when 20,000 Google staff walked away from their desks to protest sexual harassment at the company. The Google protest followed a New York Times report which revealed high-level executives were credibly accused of sexual misconduct and had been allowed to leave the company with huge exit packages... Other Silicon Valley companies have got rid of required arbitration in the past, including Uber in May and Microsoft in December 2017.

... "There's no question that we're at a pivotal moment," Facebook's vice president of people Lori Goler told the Wall Street Journal. "This is a time when we can be part of taking the next step," she added, and confirmed that while Facebook staff haven't staged protests like their counterparts at Google, sexual harassment has been a growing topic of discussion at the company.