Google admits that it intentionally reduced the salary of female employees and agreed to a settlement to pay about 15.8 billion yen

by Mike Knell

The wage gap that 'women have lower wages than men' has been repeatedly pointed out in recent years, and many companies are working to close the wage gap between men and women. Google settled a class action filed for 'paying female employees lower than men, despite virtually the same job,' and settled $ 118 million (about 158). It was revealed in a statement made by the plaintiff's law firm on June 11, 2022 that he agreed to pay (100 million yen).

Plaintiffs and Google Agree to $ 118 Million Settlement of Pay Equity Class Action – Lieff Cabraser
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Google said from former employee women, 'Google violated the equal pay for equal work in California, and the salary of female employees was reduced by nearly $ 17,000 a year compared to male employees in the same job. Was filed. On May 27, 2021, a San Francisco court granted a class action proceeding on behalf of approximately 10,800 female Google employees. The amount of damages claimed at the time of the proceedings was more than $ 600 million (about 65,962.8 million yen) in total, saying that 'the basic salary and bonuses of women were set to be 17,000 dollars less than male employees in the same job'. I was climbing.

Google faces class proceedings from more than 10,000 people saying that 'women's salary was reduced by 1.8 million yen a year' --GIGAZINE

Meanwhile, Google has been continuously investigating internal wage inequality since 2012, and announced in 2019 that 'women received more salaries than men.' I am. A Google spokeswoman also received a class action and said, 'I strongly believe that Google's policies and practices are fair. If we find a disparity in salary that includes gender disparities, we can correct it. We are making upward revisions to. '

Google found that women received more salaries than men for the same job-GIGAZINE

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However, the plaintiff's law firm finally agreed that Google would pay a total of $ 118 million to about 15,500 women working at Google since 2013. Was announced by. Google is believed to be in breach of California's equal pay for equal work and other state laws, and some have been filed in sexist proceedings, so it's a San Francisco Superior Court to decide whether to settle by just giving and receiving money. It is said that it is in the stage of waiting for the approval of the judge in.

In a statement to the media, Google strongly believes in the fairness of its policies and practices, but that it is in the best interests of all to resolve the issue without the approval of the proceedings. We agree. We absolutely promise to pay, hire and level all employees fairly and equally, and ensure that salaries, bonuses and stock incentives are fair for the past nine years. We conducted a rigorous pay fairness analysis and made upward revisions if we found differences in salaries. We hope that our advisors will consider these processes and make recommendations for future improvements. I am very pleased, 'he said, proclaiming that the proceedings would strengthen his thinking about equality in wages, but he does not explicitly admit the misconduct pointed out in the proceedings.

In addition to financial relief, the plaintiff's law firm promised that an independent third-party expert would analyze Google's employment equalization practices and an independent labor economist would consider equal pay for equal work. I am doing it, 'explains the details of the settlement. In the settlement, plaintiff Holly Pease said, 'As a woman who has spent her entire career in the technology industry, she positively believes that actions that Google has agreed to correct as part of this settlement will increase women's equity.' I told you. 'Plaintiffs believe that this settlement will promote Google's gender equality and set an industry precedent,' said Kelly Dermody, plaintiff's co-adviser.