Apple is sued by female employees claiming pay discrimination

Two female employees of Apple Inc filed a lawsuit, claiming that the company ‘systemically’ underpays women for work that is comparable to that of men. The lawsuit aims to represent thousands of additional women who they believe are victims of the same discrimination. — Bloomberg

Apple Inc was sued by two female employees who claim it “systemically” pays women less than their male counterparts for similar work, and who are seeking to represent thousands of other women facing the same alleged discrimination.

They claim that Apple, of Cupertino, California, determined starting salaries before 2018 by asking employees for their compensation history and that this practice “perpetuated historic pay disparities between men and women”.