KEY POINTS Three women filed a 2017 complaint against Google alleging gender pay discriminationGoogle has agreed to allow an independent economist to review its pay equity informationThe search engine giant has other lawsuits filed against it earlier this yearGoogle has agreed to settle $118 million in a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit that includes about 15,500 women. The lawsuit stemmed from a complaint involving three women who claimed that the company underpaid female employees. The lawsuit emerged after three women first lodged a complaint in 2017 accusing Google of pay discrimination, the Verge reported. At the time, the women – Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease and Kelli Wisuri – expressed their interest in turning the complaint into a class-action lawsuit. Another lawsuit in the European Union sought compensation of approximately $2.4 billion over Google's alleged "infringement of the competition law" for more than a decade.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 13, 2022 02:47 UTC