Uber fires Amit Singhal for hiding sexual harassment charge
Uber has fired its India-born Senior Vice President of engineering, Amit Singhal, for not disclosing a sexual harassment allegation made against him when he was working for Google, according to Recode. Uber Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick asked Singhal to step down. This comes amid Uber facing a backlash over sexism and sexual harassment claims by a former female employee.