Google to pay $28M settlement in discrimination lawsuit over pay disparities
Google has agreed to pay $28 million (£21.5 million) to settle a lawsuit alleging that white and Asian employees received better pay and career opportunities than workers from other ethnic backgrounds. A law firm representing Google confirmed the settlement but maintained that the company denies any wrongdoing. “We reached a resolution but continue to disagree…
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Google sparks backlash by removing Black History Month, Pride Month and other cultural observances from calendar
Users have expressed frustration after noticing that Google Calendar has removed cultural holidays...
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Google ends diversity goals amid federal policy shifts
Google is scaling back its diversity goals and policies in response to President Donald Trump’s...
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Deaf Google employee celebrated as a diversity hire sues tech giant for discrimination
A Black, deaf Google employee, Jalon Hall, has filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of discrimination...
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Meet Tekedra Mawakana, the CEO in charge of the $30B self-driving company ‘Waymo’
Sources have shown that a lower percentage of women function in top management positions in autonomous tech companies, compared to their counterparts. It is therefore considered a win when women play dominant...
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Bami Kuteyi quit Google to teach twerking and in line to make over $100K
When she announced her decision to quit her work at Google, many of the people in her circle of friends were taken aback. Her next career move was even more shocking when they learned she wanted to twerk...
