Janneke Parrish

Suspension and firing At an all-hands meeting in September 2021, Parrish and other #AppleToo organizers asked leadership to address questions about pay equity, remote work, vaccination rules, and options for employees in states with restrictive abortion laws. A recording from a company-wide meeting was leaked to the press on September 17, 2021, containing details about the answers to the activists' questions.

Parrish was placed under investigation for the leak and suspended. She was questioned over video conference, and shortly afterward, she said a courier arrived at her home to collect her company-owned devices. Prior to turning them over to the courier, Parrish deleted apps from the phone such as Pokémon Go, Robinhood, and Google Drive, which she said she was embarrassed about. She also deleted screenshots off of the computer she said were of innocuous things like programming bugs she was working on. Her personal phone was not confiscated. Parrish was fired on October 14, 2021. Apple said she was terminated for "interfering with an investigation by deleting files on your company provided equipment after being specifically instructed not to do so."

On October 10, 2024, the NLRB charged Apple with illegally firing Parrish for advocating for workplace changes and for restricting its employees' use of social media and Slack in violation of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The prosecutor also charged Apple with constructive dismissal of Scarlett, and for unlawfully surveilling organizing workers, suppressing discussions of pay equity, and enforcing other unlawful rules.

On September 26, 2025, upon reconsideration by acting General Counsel William Cowen, the NLRB withdrew and dismissed the charges against Apple that Parrish had been terminated illegally; and other claims that employee rights were violated by Apple's conduct. The charges had originally been brought under Jennifer Abruzzo.