Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the tech giant systematically paid white and Asian employees more and placed them on higher career tracks than workers from other racial and ethnic backgrounds doing similar work. While Google has denied wrongdoing, the settlement—now granted preliminary approval by a California…
Google has agreed to a $28 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company favored white and Asian employees over others in terms of pay and career advancement. The lawsuit, led by former employee Ana Cantu, claimed that Hispanic, Indigenous, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Alaska Native employees were systematically…