Google walkout sign Googleemployees have been organizing on several fronts, includingworkplace harassment, the treatment of contract workers and whatkind of work the company does for government and military groups.(Photo: Michael Short/Bloomberg)

After months of worker protests, Alphabet Inc.'s Google willstop making its employees sign away their right to bring claimsagainst it in court.

Google stopped so-called forced arbitration in cases of sexualharassment and assault last year after 20,000 workers walked out tooppose how the search giant handles internal complaints. Thatwasn't enough for some of the employees, whokept pressing the company to end the practice altogether. Googlewill do that on March 21, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. Thecompany will also cease enforcing agreements that waived workers'right to bring their claims as class actions.

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