Thirteen managers were among 48 Google employees who were fired over sexual harassment claims in the last two years, company's chief executive reveals

Thirteen senior managers were among those dismissed, according to an email sent to
employees by chief executive Sundar Pichai and Eileen Naughton, VP people operations, and provided by a Google spokesman.

The technology giant said it took an 'increasingly hard line' on misconduct by senior managers and offered employees avenues to report harassment anonymously.

Pichai revealed the figure in a letter to employees in response to a report in the New York Times, which suggested Android mobile software creator Andy Rubin was given a $90 million (£70.2 million) exit package despite facing misconduct allegations.

Rubin left Google in 2014 to create, Playground Global, an incubator for hardware startups.