Women at Google miss out on thousands of dollars as a result of pay discrimination, lawsuit alleges

An ongoing 2017 case found that discriminatory practices may be pushing women into lower-paying career tracks

Women at Google lose out on thousands of dollars each year compared with men as a result of discriminatory practices including pushing female employees into lower-paying career tracks, a lawsuit has alleged.

The findings stem from an ongoing lawsuit brought against Google in 2017, which accused the tech company of gender pay discrimination between female employees - from coders to teachers in its in-house childcare department - and their male counterparts. More details about the extent of the pay disparity emerged in a memorandum filed in court on Tuesday to classify that lawsuit as a class action, which, if approved, would mean it applies to 10,800 women who have been employed by Google at any time since September 2013.