Female Workers Allowed to Pursue Case Against Google
The women claimed that Google paid women employees approximately $16,794 less per year than ‘similar-suited man’
Four female former workers of Alphabet Inc’s Google won class-action status to pursue their gender-pay disparity lawsuit against the tech giant on behalf of more than 10,000 other women employees.
As per details, around 10,800 women claimed that the tech giant pays men more than women for the same job and the case reportedly seeks over $600 million in damages.
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— The Verge (@verge) May 27, 2021
The women filed the suit in 2017, claiming they were put into lower career tracks than their male colleagues’ so-called “job ladders” that resulted in them receiving lower bonuses and salaries. The women have since left Google, reported The Verge.
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Kelly Dermody, who is representing the women at Google, welcomed the order and said, “This order shows that it is critical that companies prioritize paying women equitably over spending money fighting them in litigation”.
“The next move is to get the case to trial, she added.
On the other hand, Google said that for the past 8 years, it tried its level best to ensure that the salaries were fair.
“If we find any differences in proposed pay, including between men and women, we make upward adjustments to remove them before new compensation goes into effect”.
However, the women claimed that Google paid women employees approximately $16,794 less per year than ‘similar-suited man’.
