Ex Google employee claims he was fired after being groped by top woman executive: reports

The woman’s behaviour made him “extremely uncomfortable, and he immediately removed himself from the situation”, the suit says.

The ex Google worker alleges that the company’s human resources department did not take action after he complained about the alleged incident.

"If the complaint was 'in reverse' — a female accusing a white male of harassment — (it) would certainly be escalated," he was told, according to his lawsuit.

The man was eventually fired from his job at Google in August last year "because he was not 'inclusive'", the suit says

The woman employee denied her former colleague’s allegations, terming them “a fictional account”.

“This lawsuit is a fictional account of events filled with numerous falsehoods, fabricated by a disgruntled ex-employee, who was senior to (name withheld) at Google,” the spokesperson told the New York Post.

Earlier this month, Google parent Alphabet cut roughly 12,000 jobs or 6 per cent of its global workforce worldwide amid mass layoffs across major tech companies. This is the largest round of layoffs in the company’s 25-year history.

CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an e-mail communication that he takes “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here” and added that the tech giant will "support employees as they look for their next opportunity.