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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: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday April 11 2017, @03:29PM
They most certainly are. HR will always *suggest*, sometimes quite strongly, that you do not discuss your salary. But legally they cannot prohibit you from doing so, nor can they punish you for doing so. I'd hope people working for Google are intelligent enough to realize this and to not be intimidated by some lying HR drone...assuming they actually wanted to of course.