The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is trying into how Google treats its Black feminine workers, according to a report by Reuters. The report says that the regulator has been asking workers questions on harassment and discrimination, after receiving formal complaints.

The report doesn’t make any point out of the DFEH bringing fees towards Google because it did with Activision Blizzard and says that the interviews being carried out don’t essentially imply that Google might face fees.

According to a variety report Google launched earlier this yr, Black ladies make up round 1.8 p.c of its workforce and departed the corporate at the next than regular charge. In the report, the corporate mentioned it had “room for improvement” when it got here to maintaining underrepresented expertise.

We’ve heard about points regarding fairness from former workers. Earlier this yr, a lawsuit introduced towards Google by 4 former feminine workers was given class-action standing, with the ladies claiming that they acquired decrease bonuses and salaries than male counterparts. The firm additionally made headlines after AI ethicist Timnit Gebru claimed she was retaliated towards and fired for asking the corporate to be extra clear with its paper publishing course of. (Gebru says she confronted pushback from the corporate about her work criticizing its language fashions.) Another feminine member of Google’s AI ethics workforce was additionally fired after she says she searched her e mail for proof of Gebru dealing with discrimination.

Google didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark concerning the DFEH investigation.