Google ordered to compensate female executive $1.1 million for gender bias
1 year, 2 months ago

Google ordered to compensate female executive $1.1 million for gender bias

India TV News  

Google has been ordered to pay $1.1 million to Ulku Rowe, an executive who filed a complaint against the company for gender-based discrimination. In 2018, around 20,000 Google employees staged a walkout to protest the company's handling of sexual harassment allegations and its broader workplace policies concerning equity and transparency. The jury's decision represents a significant development in the ongoing debate over gender discrimination in the tech industry, particularly within major companies like Google. In summary, the jury's decision in favour of Ulku Rowe highlights ongoing concerns about gender-based discrimination within major tech companies and reinforces the importance of addressing these issues through legal channels to promote workplace equity and fairness.

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Google to Pay $118 Million to over 15,000 American Women for Settling Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
2 years, 6 months ago

Google to Pay $118 Million to over 15,000 American Women for Settling Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

News 18  

Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit involving approximately 15,500 women. The lawsuit first surfaced in 2017 when three women filed a complaint accusing the company of underpaying female employees in violation of California’s Equal Pay Act, citing a wage disparity of approximately $17,000. According to the California Government’s Department of Industrial Relations …

Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases
3 years, 11 months ago

Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in backpay, to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had found “preliminary indicators” that Google from 2014 to 2017 at times underpaid 2,783 women in …

Google’s former female employees seek class-action status for gender-pay lawsuit
4 years, 5 months ago

Google’s former female employees seek class-action status for gender-pay lawsuit

Live Mint  

Four female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google are trying to persuade a state court to let them represent more than 10,000 peers in a gender-pay disparity suit against the company, setting the stage for the next big battle over class-action status. Google paid women approximately $16,794 less per year than “the similarly-situated man,” the women said in a filing …

Google employees who organised walkout are facing demotions and sudden change of roles
5 years, 8 months ago

Google employees who organised walkout are facing demotions and sudden change of roles

Firstpost  

“Google has a culture of retaliation, which too often works to silence women, people of colour and gender minorities” Google employees are known to protest against their parent company, and we have seen instances of that happening when it emerged that Google was helping the military use it AI technology. Later in November last year, we saw around 1,500 employees …

Google pays women more than men in this one job category, gives men compensation for 'gender bias'
5 years, 10 months ago

Google pays women more than men in this one job category, gives men compensation for 'gender bias'

India Today  

An internal study has revealed that Google pays its women employees more than its male employees in the Level 4 Software Engineer’ job category. Male employees compensated for 'gender bias' Forbes reported that because the female employees are paid more in this job category, the male employees are paid extra compensation to make up for the gender bias’ against them. …

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