Google says 48 employees were fired for sexual harassment

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google says it has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment over the last two years and sent them away without a retirement package.

Surprise information arrived Thursday in an email, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff after The New York Times reported that the company had dismissed the manager who was responsible for his Android software for sexual default in 2014 and still pays a $ 90 million package.

A spokesman for Andy Rubin, former Android director, insisted he left himself and has never been informed of any allegations of sexual abuse. The spokesman says Rubin acknowledges that he has consensual sexual relationships that followed Google's guidelines at that time.

Pichai's email said that Google now has stricter guidelines in place.