Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 15-09-2017
Google is facing new legal action accusing the tech company of discriminating against women in pay and promotions.
A lawyer representing three former female Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim.
The action which was filed earlier this week in a San Francisco Court follows a labour investigation that found that there is systematic pay discrimination among the 21,000 employees at Google’s headquarters in California.
The plaintiffs in Thursday’s lawsuit are a former Google software engineer, a former communications specialist and a former manager who worked in various roles at the Mountain View, California-based company.
They say Google pays women in California less than men who perform similar work, and assigns female workers jobs that are less likely to lead to promotions.
Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano denied the claims in a statement.
Scigliano says employment decisions are made by hiring and promotion committees, and are vetted “to make sure there is no gender bias.”
“If we ever see individual discrepancies or problems, we work to fix them, because Google has always sought to be a great employer, for every one of our employees.”
The lawsuit appears to be the first to make class action gender bias claims against Google, but is only the latest instance of a major tech company being accused of discriminating against women.
– Agencies
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