Three women who used to work for Google filed a class action lawsuit against it, claiming that it discriminates against women in both pay and promotions.
Three women who used to work for Google have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, claiming that it discriminates against women in both pay and promotion opportunities.
The three plaintiffs in the case alleged that Google not only paid women less than men for work of equal merit, but also put women in jobs where they were less likely to move up the ranks. If true, this would violate the law in California, where the suit was filed.
Meanwhile, Google has its hands full with an investigation from the Department of Labor (DOL) on this same issue. The DOL found discrepancies during a random audit in 2015, and began looking into the issue. The dispute continues today.
One of the plaintiffs, Kelly Ellis, said on Twitter:
An attorney for the plaintiffs, James Finberg, told USA Today that he’ d heard from 90 former Google employees whose stories tallied with the claims made in the lawsuit. “The stories of the women were consistent with what the Labor Department found, that women are paid less in every category.”
Google spokesperson (and female employee, notably) Gina Scigliano said in a statement the claims had no merit, as the company promotes and compensates employees by committee to prevent such a thing happening.
We’ ve contact Google to see if it has any further context to add. If we hear anything, we’ ll update.
Lawsuit accuses Google of bias against women in pay, promotions on Reuters
