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Google antes up $2.6M to settle pay, job discrimination case

“We believe everyone should be paid based upon the work they do, not who they are, and invest heavily to make our hiring and compensation processes fair and unbiased,” Google said Monday. The Mountain View, California, company also said it has conducted internal audits during the past years to address any inequities in the pay of its male and female employees. Nevertheless, the settlement will require Google to pay $1.35 million to more than 2,500 of its… Source link

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Google Settles With Labor Department Over Hiring, Pay Discrimination Claims

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 1.84% Google LLC agreed to pay more than $3.8 million to resolve a case of hiring and pay discrimination at several locations in California and Washington state, the Labor Department said. Under the terms of the agreement, Google agreed to pay nearly $1.4 million in back pay and interest to 2,565 female employees in engineering positions and about $1.2 million in back pay and… Source link

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Google reaches $3.8 million settlement over pay, hiring discrimination allegations

Google must pay more than $3.8 million to settle allegations that it systematically discriminated against female and Asian engineering employees and applicants in pay and hiring, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday. Under the early-resolution conciliation agreement (ERCA) dated Jan. 15, Google agreed to pay more than $1.35 million to 2,565 female employees in engineering positions. If divided evenly, that amounts to about $526 each. It must pay more than $1.23 million… Source link

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Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in back pay, to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The allegations stemmed from a… Source link

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Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in back pay, to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The allegations stemmed from a… Source link

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How to Set Up and Use Google Pay

Google Pay is a mobile payment app that allows you to pay for items online or through contactless payment. You can also exchange money with other people, track personal spending, add virtual credit cards, and manage your money.  While Google designed the app to be the default payment system on Android phones, iPhone owners can make use of the service as well, albeit without the tap-to-pay functionality they get from Apple Pay. Let’s look at how to use Google Pay with an Android phone and… Source link

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Google Threatens To Shut Down Search Engine In Australia If Forced To Pay Publishers For News

Topline Google has threatened to disable its search function in Australia while Facebook threatened to ban news content from its platform if the government does not back down from its plans to make the tech giants pay media outlets for their content, one of the most dramatic escalations amid  ongoing attempts around the world to regulate big tech. Google has threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a new law that would see it pay … [+] publishers for their… Source link

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Google Agrees to Pay French News Publishers for Content

Google has agreed to reach agreements to pay French news organizations for use of their content in Google News. The agreement follows a ruling by the French Competition Authority in April 2020 that found Google’s activities had harmed French news organizations. A translated version of the 2020 decision (Google Suffers Major Defeat – Must Pay French Publishers) stated: “Google unilaterally decided that it would no longer display article extracts, photographs and videos within its various… Source link

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