Google Agrees to Pay $118 Million to Settle Pay Equity Suit
- Deal reached the same day a judge decertified an Oracle suit
- Preliminary approval hearing is scheduled for June 21
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms representing the women said in a statement.
In addition, an independent expert will analyze Google’s hiring practices and and independent labor economist will review the company’s pay equity studies, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP said in the statement Friday. The settlement couldn’t be confirmed on the court docket.