Google to pay $28m to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#6W17R)
Class action lawsuit alleged company discriminated against minority background staff on pay and career opportunities
Google has agreed to pay $28m (22m) to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favoured white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.
The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet, won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California.
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