Google agrees to pay $28m in racial bias lawsuit

Google agrees to pay $28m in racial bias lawsuit The settlement with thousands of people who have worked at the tech giant has received preliminary approval The settlement has been given preliminary approval by Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California. The case filed in 2021 by former Google employee, Ana Cantu, said workers from Hispanic, Latino, Native American and other backgrounds started on lower salaries and job levels than their white and Asian counterparts. The technology giant confirmed it had "reached a resolution" but rejected the allegations made against it. Google has agreed to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle a lawsuit that claimed white and Asian employees were given better pay and career opportunities than workers from other ethnic backgrounds, a law firm representing claimants says. The case brought by Ms Cantu against Google relied on a leaked internal document, which allegedly showed that employees from some ethnic backgrounds repor ... Read full article.