Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a claim it favored Asian and White employees, reports Reuters.
Ana Cantu, who identifies as Hispanic and racially indigenous, filed the class action suit on behalf of Hispanic, Latinx, Indigenous, Native American, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Alaska Native employees at Google.
She alleged she was stuck in the same job classification for seven years while White and Asian employees received higher pay and promotions.
Google continues to deny the charges.
“We continue to disagree with the allegations that we treated anyone differently, and remain committed to paying, hiring and leveling all employees fairly,” Google said in a statement.
According to Tech Bullion, Cantu charged that White and Asian employees were put at higher job levels by Google than others doing the same work, but without raises and promotions.
She left Google in 2021.
Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California called the settlement “a good result for the class” which included 6,632 Google employees in the state of California between February 15, 2018, and December 31, 2024.
He said Google accepted the settlement after Cantu agreed to exclude Black employees from the class.
Adams scheduled a hearing for September 11 to finalize the settlement.
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