Displaying items by tag: Discrimination

Well-known American civil rights lawyer Ben Crump has announced that a suit has been filed against Google on Friday on behalf of a number of former and current black employees at Google, claiming a pattern and practice of racial discrimination.

In one way at least, Kate Quirke is unique: she is the lone woman heading a company on the ASX's new 46-firm All Tech Index. But it's not something that makes her happy or proud.

In the past days, weeks, months, and years the mask has come off Google, the company that was once considered cool and benevolent, to reveal a festering, pus-filled pit of hypocrisy and corrupt values.

Sacked Google employee James Damore has filed a case against the search behemoth, claiming it discriminates against white men who do not subscribe to the prevailing dominant political view at the company.

Three former women employees of Google have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, alleging they were paid less than their male counterparts who had similar roles.

Google has argued that it would cost too much and take up too much time to obtain data on what it pays its female staff, after US Department of Labour lawyers sought salary records in federal court in a case where the search behemoth is accused of underpaying women on its rolls.

Oracle America has been sued by the US Department of Labour which alleges that it paid Caucasian employees more than female, African American or Asian workers who were doing the same job.

Employers and recruiters get the thumbs down from over-45s looking for a job. More than three quarters are dissatisfied with the response they're getting.

A long-time member of the FOSS community believes that men need to do much more about increasing the participation of women in the community and improving their experience of being part of the community.