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Google has discriminated against its female employees, according to the US Department of Labor (DoL), which said it had evidence of "systemic compensation disparities".
As part of an ongoing DoL investigation, the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women, agency officials said.
"We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce," Janette Wipper, a DoL regional director, testified in court in San Francisco on Friday.
Reached for comment Friday afternoon, Janet Herold, regional solicitor for the DoL, said: "The investigation is not complete, but at this point the department has received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at Google headquarters."
Herold added: "The government's analysis at this point indicates that discrimination against women in Google is quite extreme, even in this industry."
Google strongly denied the accusations of inequities, claiming it did not have a gender pay gap.
Source: The Guardian
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:15PM (9 children)
And yet, even with this unshakably solid evidence, people will still deny that the pay gap exists. Sigh.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:20PM
What solid evidence?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:21PM
Is that a joke? Where is the "unshakably solid evidence"? All we have are accusations from Janet and Janette.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @07:22PM (2 children)
Of course it does not exist.
If you factor out all the differences, there is no gender difference in pay.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday April 10 2017, @08:55PM (1 child)
What was that about proof-by-repeated-assertion? (a bit down thread)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:29AM
I think you missed the point of my post.
Parse the logic carefully, its a tautology.
You might not be the only one who missed it though.
You never know around here, lots of people who flatter themselves by claiming to be logical when they are really just willfully ignorant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @10:43PM
I agree. So when do childless men get their raises to bring them to parity with childless women?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @11:37PM (2 children)
Sigh, the pay gap is real but the wage gap is not because gender discrimination is illegal. Men work hard to support their families, if you think this is something that needs addressing, you can fuck right off!
Equality of opportunity is possible and equality of outcome is not; Get it through your stupid little head!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by pnkwarhall on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:17AM (1 child)
Equality of opportunity is possible and equality of outcome is not; Get it through your stupid little head!
Your insight is wasted if the attitude that accompanies it makes the listener want to disregard or completely ignore you.... anonymous coward.
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @04:24AM
He has no insight, just deliberate misrepresentation of reality and his concomitant anger because of reality's well known liberal bias.