By Jonathan Stempel
March 18, 2025 – 6:09 PM UTC
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(Reuters) – Google agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favored white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.
The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet (GOOGL.O), won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California.
He called the settlement fair, reasonable and “a good result for the class” of at least 6,632 Google employees in California between February 15, 2018, and December 31, 2024.
Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini confirmed the settlement on Tuesday, but said, “We continue to disagree with the allegations that we treated anyone differently, and remain committed to paying, hiring…
