Jul 19, 2019
Google Settles Age-Bias Claims by Job Seekers for $11 Million
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Google agreed to pay $11 million to end a lawsuit accusing the internet giant of discriminating against older job applicants, a deal that amounts to an average payout of almost $40,000 for 227 people who joined the class action.
Lawyers for the company and attorneys representing the over-40 job seekers who sued submitted a final settlement proposal Friday to a federal judge in San Jose, California. About $2.75 million from the accord will go to attorney fees.
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