Google Reaffirms Support for Employees Following Roe v. Wade Overturn
Google has reminded employees in the US that they can "apply for relocation without justification" following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24.
The Verge has published(Opens in a new window) a letter Google sent to its employees following the Supreme Court's announcement. The company says the relocation policy was already in place, but it's more important than ever now that numerous states have started to outlaw abortion.
Bloomberg reported(Opens in a new window) in August 2021 that Google told employees it approved roughly 85% of the 10,000 relocation applications it had received in prior months. Now it's making sure employees know that "those overseeing this process will be aware of the situation" moving forward.
"To support Googlers and their dependents," Google says, "our US benefits plan and health insurance covers out-of-state medical procedures that are not available where an employee lives and works." (Which means people seeking abortions in other states will be covered.)
The company also says that it will "keep working to make information on reproductive healthcare accessible across our products and continue our work to protect user privacy." Both of those efforts have become increasingly vital now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
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