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Google is set to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit that includes around 15,500 women (via Bloomberg). As noted in the settlement’s press release, Google is also required to have an independent labor economist evaluate its hiring practices and pay equity studies. The lawsuit first emerged in 2017 after three women filed a complaint accusing the company of underpaying female workers in violation of California’s Equal Pay Act, citing a wage gap of… Source link

Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination. The settlement was reached immediately upon conclusion of the case and involves women across 236 job titles. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, with Altshuler Berzon LLP, announced the deal on Friday. Third party experts and labor economists will examine Google’s hiring process, and the company’s pay equity… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will handle the lending itself for a new “buy now, pay later” offering, sidestepping partners as the tech giant pushes deeper into the financial services industry. Most Read from Bloomberg A wholly owned subsidiary will oversee credit checks and make decisions on loans for the service, which is called Apple Pay Later. The business — Apple Financing LLC — has necessary state lending licenses to offer the feature, though it operates separately from the main Apple… Source link

David Arquette weighed in on Neve Campbell’s shocking announcement that she won’t be in Scream 6 after a salary dispute. Campbell’s longtime co-star called the news “unfortunate” and said he hopes she returns in the future. “I’d love for her to be a part of it,” Arquette tells ComicBook.”A Scream movie without Sidney is kind of unfortunate, but I understand her decision.” Neve Campbell and David Arquette at the Scream 4 premiere in 2011. (Photo: Getty Images) On Monday, Campbell confirmed she… Source link

Google has agreed to pay $100 million to Illinois residents to settle a class-action lawsuit over one of its facial recognition features in Google Photos (via Gizmodo). The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which automatically identifies your face in photos and videos uploaded to Photos, violates Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Introduced in 2008, the BIPA bars companies from collecting and storing any sort of biometric data, including a “retina or… Source link

Reuters  —  An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website… Source link

A group of Google contractors says they’ve been underpaid by the agency that recruited them, resulting in thousands of dollars in unpaid wages per affected worker. The earliest reports occurred as long ago as 2019, and workers say the payroll errors are happening so regularly that they believe it to be a kind of systematic wage theft. Guy Mylius, a contract employee in the Bay Area, found out about the issue four months into his job, when co-workers recommended he check his pay stub… Source link

The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. Charles Platiau | Reuters An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found the Alphabet company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) – An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a Youtube star’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” drove him to quit politics prematurely. ($1 = 1.3883… Source link

Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in January 2017.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Speculation is mounting that late Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s pro sports teams could be sold. Nike founder Phil Knight already submitted a $2 billion bid for the Portland Trail Blazers. Allen’s trust has sold off other assets, including property and a yacht, since his death in 2018. When Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen died in 2018,… Source link