A spokesperson for Vice declined to comment further and the company did not name the employees who were dismissed. It mentioned “a handful of workplace complaints” that were brought to Tohyama’s attention since she was hired four weeks ago. Vice Media fired three employees for behaviour ranging from “verbal and sexual harassment to other behaviour that is inconsistent with our policies, our values, and the way in which we believe colleagues should work together,” a company executive said in a memo to employees. An article by The Daily Beast last month cited complaints from various Vice employees about pervasive sexual harassment in the workplace that were said to be largely ignored by management. Vice is the latest media organization to terminate employees over allegations of harassment.

Source: thestar December 02, 2017 01:52 UTC