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Women suing Google over gender bias win class-action status
LA Times ^ | 5/27/2021 | Joel Rosenblatt

Posted on 06/20/2021 5:06:41 PM PDT by simpson96

Four female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google won class-action status to pursue their gender-pay disparity lawsuit against the tech giant on behalf of almost 11,000 other women.

A state judge in San Francisco certified the class action Thursday, 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 $600 million in damages. The women allege violations of California’s Equal Pay Act, one of the strongest measures of its kind nationwide.

“This is a significant day for women at Google and in the technology sector, and we are so proud of our brave clients for leading the way,” Kelly Dermody, a lawyer representing the women, said in an email. “This order shows that it is critical that companies prioritize paying women equitably over spending money fighting them in litigation.”

Dermody said the next move is to get the case to trial, which she expects could start in 2022.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: genderbias; google

1 posted on 06/20/2021 5:06:41 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Good.


2 posted on 06/20/2021 5:09:11 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: simpson96

Yeah Google who fired an engineer for even suggesting that there might be differences in aptitute for software development between the sexes...is not left with much defense against this kind of charge. Pass the popcorn.


3 posted on 06/20/2021 5:23:46 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: simpson96

Didn’t Google support and donate to the Democrat campaigns?


4 posted on 06/20/2021 6:03:21 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: simpson96

Equal pay for equal work?

I’m still waiting to see women doing equal work.


5 posted on 06/20/2021 6:04:29 PM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: simpson96

Trans gender dogs are suing Google for gender bias. Joe Biden all in favor of trans gender dogs.


6 posted on 06/20/2021 6:35:48 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: AndyTheBear

Yeah Google who fired an engineer for even suggesting that there might be differences in aptitute for software development between the sexes...is not left with much defense against this kind of charge. Pass the popcorn.


Yep...and double.


7 posted on 06/21/2021 10:00:57 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: simpson96

“liberals” always use each other. Look at hollywood.


8 posted on 06/21/2021 11:37:05 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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