Google Settles Job Seekers’ Age-Bias Claims for $11 Million
- Company vows to train employees, managers about discrimination
- Woman who sued interviewed for job with tech titan four times
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Google agreed to pay $11 million to end a lawsuit accusing the internet giant of discriminating against older job applicants, a deal that amounts to an average payout of more than $35,000 for 227 people who joined the class action.
The settlement also calls for the Alphabet Inc. unit to train employees and managers about age bias, to create a committee focused on age diversity in recruiting and to ensure that complaints are adequately investigated.