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Google Paying $2.6M to Settle California, Washington Discrimination Case Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state. The settlement announced Monday closes a 4-year-old case that the Labor Department brought as part its periodic reviews of the pay practices at federal government contractors such as Google. That inquiry resulted in accusations that during a period spanning from 2014 to 2017, Google paid female engineers less ...

Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants

A settlement announced by the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday will send back pay and interest to roughly 5,500 job applicants and current employees at Google who were paid less than men or were turned down for software engineering jobs. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, FILE) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Google will pay more than $3.8 million to settle allegations of gender pay discrimination that favored male employees, as well as claims that its hiring practices put women and Asian applicants at a disadvantage. The Department of Labor said Monday that Google will pay out $1.3 million in back pay and inte...

“We believe everyone should be paid based upon the work they do, not who they are, and invest heavily to make our hiring and compensation processes fair and unbiased," Google said Monday. The Mountain View, California, company also said it has conducted internal audits during the past years to address any inequities in the pay of its male and female employees. Nevertheless, the settlement will require Google to pay $1.35 million to more than 2,500 of its female engineers to compensate them for past discrimination alleged by the Labor Department. Another $1.23 million is earmarked for more t...

Google had fiercely contested the allegations as unfounded before reaching the settlement without acknowledging any wrongdoing. Feb 02, 2021 16:19:16 IST Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state. The settlement announced Monday closes a 4-year-old case that the Labor Department brought as part its periodic reviews of the pay practices at federal government contractors such as Google. That inquiry resulted in accusations th...