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Article

5 Mar 2018

Author:
Ellen Huet, Mark Bergen, Bloomberg Technology (USA)

USA: Ex-employee files lawsuit against Google over allegedly discriminatory hiring practices at YouTube unit

"Google Sued by Ex-Recruiter Alleging Anti-White, Asian Bias", 1 Mar 2018

The critics of Google’s effort to promote workforce diversity now include one of its own former recruiters, who claims in a lawsuit he was fired because he didn’t toe the line on rejecting white and Asian male job candidates.  The Alphabet Inc. unit had “...policies...of systematically discriminating in favor job applicants who are Hispanic, African American, or female, and against Caucasian and Asian men,” according to the complaint...Arne Wilberg, who worked at Google and its YouTube unit...claims he was terminated in retaliation for complaining to human resources about the company’s hiring practices.  Wilberg also alleged that...management deleted...digital records of diversity requirements.  A Google spokeswoman said the company will vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit...Wilberg said...recruiters were told on several occasions to approve or dismiss job candidates based solely on whether they were women, black or Latino...