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Article

16 May 2016

Author:
Michael Cohn, Accounting Today (USA)

USA: Gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG projected to include over 10,000 female plaintiffs

"KPMG Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Expands", 13 May 2016

The gender discrimination class-action lawsuit against KPMG has grown, with five new named plaintiffs accusing the Big Four firm of denying promotions to women and penalizing them for taking maternity leave...The estimated Title VII class is projected to include more than 10,000 women...According to the amended complaint, KPMG promotes fewer women to partner (18 percent) than the industry average of 23 percent. KPMG also promotes fewer women to senior manager (35 percent) positions than the industry average of 44 percent...KPMG defended its behavior. “Two facts about the claims made by the plaintiff speak louder than any others: almost 90 percent of those eligible to have joined the collective action part of this lawsuit chose not to do so; and 86 percent of the small number that did join are not current KPMG employees,” said a statement forwarded to Accounting Today by KPMG spokesman Manuel Goncalves. “That is because the allegations that have been made are without merit..."