Google has agreed to pay US $ 118 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the web giant of discriminating against women on salary scores and wages in California, its lawyers said.
The agreement covers approximately 15,500 female employees who have worked in California since September 2013, the defense companies read in a statement released Friday night. Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein at Altshuler Berzon.
The company also accepted evaluation of its recruitment practices and compensation by third parties.
After nearly five years of litigation, both sides agreed to resolve the case, without any acceptance. [de responsabilité] or conclusion, is for the benefit of all, and we are very pleased that this agreement has been reachedsaid a Google spokesperson on Sunday in a message toAFP.
The complaint was filed in 2017 in a San Francisco court by former Google employees who claimed that the company behind the popular search engine paid women less than men in equivalent positions and that they are assigned to levels. less than men with equivalent experience and qualifications, because the company is based on their previous salaries.
According to the text of the agreement, published by lawyers, Google denies all allegations in the complaint and maintains that [le groupe] will fully comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations at all times.
The deal still needs to be approved by a judge.
We are fully committed to paying, hiring and leveling all employees fairly and equitablysaid the company spokesperson in his message. If we find any discrepancies in the compensation offered, including for men and women, we make upward adjustments to remove them before the new compensation takes effect, and we will continue to do so.
The story repeats itself
Google has already agreed in 2021 to pay US $ 3.8 million to the U.S. Department of Labor following accusations of discrimination against women and Asians.
Most of this money will be used to pay the 2,565 women working at Google in engineering positions, as well as nearly 3,000 people, female candidates or candidates of Asian descent, who were not selected for the jobs. such positions.
Google then said that discrimination was detected during a regular internal review and that the company had agreed to pay this amount to correct the situation, while denying the violation of the law.
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