Right here’s Google’s letter saying staff can relocate to states with abortion rights

Within the wake of the Supreme Courtroom’s resolution on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, Google’s chief individuals officer Fiona Cicconi despatched a staff-wide e-mail to staff informing them of Google’s response to the ruling. Amongst different issues, the e-mail highlights that Googlers can “apply for relocation with out justification” and that folks in command of the relocation course of “will concentrate on the scenario” in assessing their requests. In an e-mail final August reported by Bloomberg, Google instructed staff that of 10,000 requests over the prior few months to work remotely or relocate, 85 % had been accepted.

The Supreme Courtroom’s ruling doesn’t make abortion unlawful all through the US — as an alternative, it leaves the choice to particular person state governments. Quite a lot of states have instantly restricted abortion rights, together with Louisiana, Missouri, and Kentucky. Different states, together with California, the place Google is headquartered, have vowed to guard abortion rights inside their borders.

Right here’s the letter in full:

Hello everybody,

This morning the US Supreme Courtroom issued a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group that rolls again Roe v. Wade.

It is a profound change for the nation that deeply impacts so many people, particularly girls. Everybody will reply in their very own manner, whether or not that’s wanting area and time to course of, talking up, volunteering outdoors of labor, not wanting to debate it in any respect, or one thing else totally. Please be conscious of what your co-workers could also be feeling and, as at all times, deal with one another with respect.

Fairness is very essential to us as an organization, and we share issues in regards to the influence this ruling could have on individuals’s well being, lives, and careers. We’ll maintain working to make info on reproductive healthcare accessible throughout our merchandise and proceed our work to guard consumer privateness.

To help Googlers and their dependents, our US advantages plan and medical insurance covers out-of-state medical procedures that aren’t out there the place an worker lives and works. Googlers also can apply for relocation with out justification, and people overseeing this course of will concentrate on the scenario. If you happen to want extra help, please join 1:1 with a Individuals Marketing consultant through [link to internal tool redacted].

We might be arranging help classes for Googlers within the US within the coming days. These might be posted to Googler Information.

Please don’t hesitate to lean in your Google group within the days forward and proceed to take excellent care of yourselves and one another.

The Verge has reached out to Google to make clear whether or not something in regards to the relocation coverage has modified particularly as a result of Supreme Courtroom’s resolution. We’ll replace this story if there are any extra particulars.

Replace 9:12PM ET: Added extra info on Google’s relocation insurance policies.