Google women suing over gender bias win class-action status

In their request for class-action status, the women suing Google said in a July court filing that the company paid female employees approximately US$16,794 (RM69,518) less per year than ‘the similarly-situated man’. — AFP

Alphabet Inc’s Google failed to persuade a US judge to block class-action status for a gender-pay disparity lawsuit brought on behalf of almost 11,000 women.

A San Francisco state judge certified the class action on May 27, allowing the lead plaintiffs to represent 10,800 women over claims that Google pays men more for doing the same job. A previously disclosed analysis showed that the case seeks more than US$600mil (RM2.48bil) in damages. The women allege violations of California’s Equal Pay Act, one of the strongest measures of its kind nationwide.