Google agrees to pay $28 million to settle claims it favored white and Asian workers | CNN Business

Google agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming that it favored white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.

The agreement with Google, a unit of Alphabet (GOOGL), 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 people employed by Google in California between February 15, 2018, and December 31, 2024.

Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini confirmed the settlement Tuesday but said: “We continue to disagree

→ Continue reading at CNN - Business News

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

It took the Fed years to bring down inflation. Then came Trump’s trade war | CNN Business

Washington CNN  —  Late last year, it seemed like the Federal Reserve had pulled off the unlikely — tamping...

Apple is having a rough 2025 so far. But it’s not all doom and gloom | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  When Apple unveiled its revamped Siri last June, the company called it “the start of...

Democratic FTC commissioners say they were ‘illegally fired’ | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, with...