Google to pay $50 million to settle lawsuit claiming it paid Black workers less

Google will pay million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of paying Black workers less April Curley a Black woman who worked at the Mountain View digital-advertising giant from to claimed in her lawsuit that she was hired to recruit more Black workers but fired for pushing back against the firm s racially biased corporate beliefs The lawsuit filed in San Jose U S District Court alleged that Curley and other Black workers at Google were paid lower wages denied advancement opportunities and subjected to a hostile work milieu on the basis of race Lawyers for Curley and other plaintiffs revealed the settlement in a court filing Thursday saying it arose out of years of litigation and extensive arm s length negotiations About Black current and former Google employees will share in the settlement money the filing disclosed Google did not right away respond to a request for comment Related Articles Alphabet shares take billion blow as search warnings blare How Google became the internet giant at the center of a governing body crackdown US expands attempt to blow up Google with proposed teardown of its ad instrument Letters Trump s AmeriCorps cuts are not making America great New proposed law would require Apple and Google to verify your age before letting you into their app stores Under the agreement Google will continue to analyze pay to identify unexplained differences based on race and will maintain well-publicized methods for employees to assessment concerns related to the terms and conditions of their employment the filing noted Google had in court filings opposed class-action status for the lawsuit saying thousands of mini-trials would be required to determine whether race played any role in any decision as to each putative class member In March Google agreed to pay more than current and former Latino Indigenous and Pacific Islander employees about each to settle a different class-action lawsuit claiming it paid White and Asian workers more In Google agreed to pay million to thousands of women to settle a lawsuit accusing it of putting female workers into lower salary levels than men giving women lower-paying jobs promoting women more slowly and less often and generally paying female employees less than men for similar work