GitHub’s head of HR resigns in light of termination of Jewish employee

A GitHub internal investigation has revealed the company made “significant errors of judgment and procedure” in the firing of the Jewish employee who cautioned his coworkers about the presence of Nazis in the DC area on the day of insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
In a blog post today, GitHub COO Erica Brescia said the company’s head of HR took full responsibility for what happened and resigned from the company yesterday.
“In light of these findings, we immediately reversed the decision to separate with the employee and are in communication with his representative,” Brescia said in the blog post. “To the employee we wish to say publicly: we sincerely apologize.”