Google has to pay $ 3.8 million for disadvantage

The US Internet giant Google has to pay 3.8 million dollars (3.14 million euros) after a settlement because of underpaid and disadvantages of women and Asians. Investigators from the US Department of Labor had found that Google had temporarily underpaid 2,783 women in its software engineering group from 2014 to 2017. In addition, women and Asian applicants were disadvantaged in the 2017 financial year in job advertisements in San Francisco and Kirkland.

The settlement includes a refund of $ 2.6 million to approximately 5,500 employees and applicants and calls for a review of Google's hiring and salary practices. The company said it was happy to have the matter resolved.