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Google Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit for $118M

JUN 13 2022·Updated DEC 24 2022

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The Facts

Concluding what started as a 2017 class-action suit in San Francisco Superior Court by three former female employees, Google agreed to settle accusations of gender discrimination for a total of $118M.
wsj
The sum will go to more than 15k women after Google was accused of paying them less than their male counterparts for similar work, placing women in lower-salary jobs, and offering fewer opportunities for promotion.
The Mercury News
Under the deal, an independent industrial-organizational psychologist will investigate Google's hiring practices and a third-party economist will review the big tech's internal pay-equity studies and make consequent recommendations.
The Mercury News
A hearing on preliminary approval is scheduled for June 21 as it must be approved by a judge.
Al Jazeera
Although Google has continually denied accusations, the company said 'both sides agreed that resolution of the matter, without any admission or findings, was in the best interest of everyone'.
Independent
Gender discrimination suits have been filed against other tech giants, including Microsoft and Oracle.
nytimes

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The Spin

Progressive narrative

With a number of similar lawsuits targetting pay gaps appearing against the likes of Microsoft and Twitter without much success, the settlement is a big win for women who feel intentionally underpaid and undervalued in tech companies.

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Conservative narrative

It's clear that woke culture is reaching a point where even its biggest advocates can't keep up. Google, an ultra-woke company, has fallen short of the rapidly increasing and inevitably unattainable demands of woke culture and American civil rights law.