Google to Pay $118 Million Settlement In opposition to Class-Motion Swimsuit

Google stated on Sunday that it was “more than happy” to be settling, with out admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid feminine staff and assigned them lower-ranking positions.

The $118 million (roughly Rs. 922 crore) settlement covers about 15,500 feminine staff who’ve labored for the corporate in California since September 2013, the regulation corporations Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP stated in an announcement launched Friday night time.

The corporate additionally agreed for a 3rd occasion to analyse its hiring and compensation practices as a part of the settlement.

In an announcement to AFP, Google stated that “whereas we strongly imagine within the fairness of our insurance policies and practices, after almost 5 years of litigation, either side agreed that decision of the matter, with none admission or findings, was in the very best curiosity of everybody, and we’re more than happy to succeed in this settlement.”

In 2017, a number of former Google staff sued the corporate in a San Francisco court docket, accusing it of paying girls lower than males for equal positions and assigning girls decrease positions than males with related experiences as a result of they’d beforehand earned smaller salaries.

In accordance with a replica of the settlement launched by the regulation corporations, “Google denies all the allegations within the lawsuit and maintains that it has absolutely complied with all relevant legal guidelines, guidelines and rules always.”

A decide should nonetheless approve the settlement, the 2 regulation corporations for the plaintiffs stated.

Google beforehand agreed in 2021 to pay $3.8 million (roughly Rs. 30 crore) to the US Division of Labor over accusations it had discriminated towards girls and Asians.