Google fires one employee and puts two others on leave for leaking documents to the media (GOOG, GOOGL)

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• Google has fired one employee and put two more on leave for allegedly leaking company information to media, according to Bloomberg.
• The suspensions have fueled fears among Googlers that management is retaliating against employees.

• Employees had recently raised concerns over a new calendar tool that reported staffers who organized large events.
• Google said the employees were placed on leave for improperly accessing and sharing documents and for tracking employees' calendars.
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Google has fired one employee and put another two on leave for allegedly violating company policies, according to a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday that was confirmed to Business Insider by a Google spokesperson.

According to the company, one of the employees placed on leave had improperly accessed a wide range of documents unrelated to their job. The other had tracked the calendars of employees on the communications, human resources and community platforms teams, making them feel unsafe, Google said.

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