Google to Pay $118 Million Settlement Against Class-Action Suit on Pay Disparity, Gender Discrimination
Google said on Sunday that it was "very pleased" to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking positions.The $118 million (roughly Rs. 922 crore) settlement covers about 15,500 female employees who have worked for the company in California since September 2013, the law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP said in a statement released Friday night.The company also agreed for a third party…