Google to pay $28M to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees

Google has agreed to pay $28m (£22m) to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favoured white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers. The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet, won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California. He called the settlement fair, reasonable and “a good result for the class” of at least 6,632 Google employees in California between 15 February 2018 and 31 December 2024. A Google spokesperson confirmed the settlement on Tuesday, but added: “We continue to disagree with the allegations that we treated anyone differently, and remain committed to paying, hiring and levelling all employees fairly.” The lawsuit was led by Ana Cantu, who identifies as Mexican and racially Indigenous, on behalf of employees from Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Native American and other minority backgrounds at Google. Cantu claimed she performed exe ... Read full article.