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Labor/Employment

May 13, 2025

Google settles hiring, employment bias claims for $50M

Google pays $50 million to settle claims by 4,000 Black employees alleging a biased workplace, agreeing to policy reviews and pay equity analysis, while denying wrongdoing.

Google settles hiring, employment bias claims for $50M
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Google agreed to pay $50 million to settle hostile and discriminatory workplace claims by 4,000 Black employees who claimed in a putative class action the company's culture was biased against current employees and prospective hires.

The company's attorneys from Paul Hastings LLP denied Google did anything wrong, according to the May 8 settlement agreement and past court filings. They said no court had found it to be at fault and no class had been certified, but that the se...

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