"Here's how big the age discrimination lawsuit against Google is", 1 Aug 2017

So far, 269 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against Google claiming they were discriminated against in the workplace based on their age...

The lawsuit originated in 2015 with plaintiff Robert Heath and was certified as a class-action in 2016.

When plaintiff Cheryl Fillekes joined the case in 2015, she claimed that because of her age, Mountain View-based Google did not hire her for an engineering position for which she was qualified, which she alleges violates the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In court documents, Fillelkes claimed that a recruiter told her she needed to put her dates of graduation on her resume so the company could view how old she was...

The lawsuit represents over-40 job applicants who sought engineering jobs at Google but say they were discriminated against because of their age.

"We believe the allegations here are without merit and will continue to defend our position vigorously," said Google spokesperson Ty Sheppard. "We have strong policies against discrimination on any unlawful basis, including age."...