Uber weighs CEO's leave, accepts Holder's findings

Discussions by 9 member board preceded a report from Holder's investigation to be released

Facing accusations that Uber executives turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and other corporate misbehaviour, the ride-hailing service’s board moved on Sunday to shake up the company’s leadership, ahead of the release this week of an investigation’s findings on its troubled culture.

Uber directors were weighing a three-month leave of absence for Travis Kalanick, the chief executive who built the start-up into a nearly $70 billion entity, according to three people with knowledge of the board’s agenda.

In addition, a representative for Uber’s board said the directors “unanimously voted” to adopt all of the recommendations made in a report by the