Google mentioned on Sunday that it was “very pleased” to be settling, with out admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid feminine workers and assigned them lower-ranking positions.
The $118 million (roughly Rs. 922 crore) settlement covers about 15,500 feminine workers who’ve labored for the corporate in California since September 2013, the regulation corporations Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP mentioned in a press release launched Friday evening.
The firm additionally agreed for a 3rd social gathering to analyse its hiring and compensation practices as a part of the settlement.
In a press release to AFP, Google mentioned that “while we strongly believe in the equity of our policies and practices, after nearly five years of litigation, both sides agreed that resolution of the matter, without any admission or findings, was in the best interest of everyone, and we’re very pleased to reach this agreement.”
In 2017, a number of former Google workers sued the corporate in a San Francisco courtroom, accusing it of paying ladies lower than males for equal positions and assigning ladies decrease positions than males with related experiences as a result of that they had beforehand earned smaller salaries.
According to a duplicate of the settlement launched by the regulation corporations, “Google denies all of the allegations in the lawsuit and maintains that it has fully complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations at all times.”
A choose should nonetheless approve the settlement, the 2 regulation corporations for the plaintiffs mentioned.
Google beforehand agreed in 2021 to pay $3.8 million (roughly Rs. 30 crore) to the US Department of Labor over accusations it had discriminated towards ladies and Asians.
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