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15 Sep 2017

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Associated Press

USA: Ex-employees sue Google over alleged gender-based pay discrimination, includes company comments

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"Google faces class-action suit alleging gender pay discrimination", 14 Sep 2017

Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class-action status for the claim.

The suit, filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, follows a federal labor investigation that made a preliminary finding of systemic pay discrimination among the 21,000 employees at Google's headquarters…

Google disputes the findings and says its analysis shows no gender pay gap…

The suit aims to represent thousands of Google employees in California and seeks lost wages and a slice of Google's profits…

Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano said the company will review the suit in detail, “but we disagree with the central allegations.”…

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