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Dozens Of Female Employees Accuse Google Of Gender Discrimination

• http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com, By Kiet Do

When civil rights attorney James Finberg asked on social media if any female Google employees thought they were unfairly getting paid less than male coworkers, the phone started ringing.

Finberg said, "In my experience, having 70 people call you when you put up a post about a company is a very large outpouring of dissatisfaction. So I think it's telling and a matter of concern."

Back in April, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP), a division of the Department of Labor, testified in federal court about an ongoing investigation into Google's pay practices.

In a report by The Guardian, the OFCCP said, "The department has received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at Google headquarters…discrimination against women in google is quite extreme…"


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