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Article

10 Apr 2017

Author:
Sam Levin, Guardian (UK)

USA: Govt. agency alleges extreme gender pay discrimination at Google

"Google accused of 'extreme' gender pay discrimination by US labor department", 7 Apr 2017

Google has discriminated against its female employees, according to the US Department of Labor (DoL), which said it had evidence of “systemic compensation disparities”.  As part of an ongoing DoL investigation, the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women, agency officials said.  “We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,” Janette Wipper, a DoL regional director, testified in court in San Francisco...Google strongly denied the accusations of inequities, claiming it did not have a gender pay gap...The allegations emerged at a hearing in federal court as part of a lawsuit the DoL filed against Google in January, seeking to compel the company to provide salary data and documents to the government...Google said: “We vehemently disagree with [Wipper’s] claim. Every year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap...”  The company has recently claimed that it has closed its gender pay gap globally and provides equal pay across races in the US...