12 Shareholder Proposals on Sexual Harassment – The #MeToo sexual harassment movement has impacted companies in the 2019 proxy season through 12 shareholder proposals. As the CompanyIQ^® SEC EDGAR search tool for proxy proposals indicates, six of the 12 are directly related to preventing sexual harassment. The other six are related to efforts to remove limits on how sexual harassment incidents are settled and kept confidential.

Amazon, Google, and Walmart Are the Big Ones – The next three weeks will see votes at Amazon, Google, and Walmart. Google faces two sexual harassment proposals – one directly related to preventing sexual harassment and one related to preventing restrictions on disclosing settlements and payouts.