Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, which eliminates the constitutional right to abortion, Google has notified American employees that it will allow them to relocate to another state — no questions asked.In a memo Friday (via CNBC), Fiona Cicconi, Google’s chief people officer, reiterated that the internet company’s U.S.
benefits plan and health insurance covers “out-of-state medical procedures that are not available where an employee lives and works.” In addition, Google workers can “apply for relocation without justification, and those overseeing this process with be aware of the situation.”Google also will “keep working to make information on reproductive healthcare accessible across our products and continue our work to protect user privacy,” Cicconi wrote. “This is a profound change for the country that deeply affects so many of us, especially women,” she wrote. “Please be mindful of what your co-workers may be feeling and, as always, treat each other with respect.”With the landmark Supreme Court ruling, other media and tech companies including Meta, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros.
Discovery and Condé Nast have said they will pay employees’ expenses if they need to travel outside their state to access reproductive healthcare service.Google lists 29 office locations in the U.S.
including in four states — Florida, Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin — where abortion is currently illegal or where laws banning or restriction abortions are likely to soon go into effect.
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