Google to pay $2.6M to settle pay, job discrimination case

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https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/google-pays-2-million-in-job-discrimination-case/507-f3a7008f-c5e6-404e-9c14-2103ecb2facf

A job discrimination case
Google isn't admitting any wrongdoing, but the settlement still could blemished its once-cherished reputation as an employers that pampers its workers.

Author: MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer
Published: 3:55 AM CST February 2, 2021
Updated: 3:55 AM CST February 2, 2021

SAN RAMON, Calif — 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.

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[panader0]

1. Gee, I hope they can afford it.

[ret5hd]

2. Yeah...beginning of the end...downward spiral.