A jury recently ordered Google to pay $1.15 million to a New York executive who claimed the company discriminated against her based on her gender, retaliated against her when she complained, and denied her a promotion that went to a less-qualified man. The jury found Google guilty of sex discrimination and retaliation, but not guilty of violating New York's pay discrimination law.
Ulku Rowe, a Google Cloud engineering director, said the tech giant hired her at a lower level with lower pay than men with less experience who were hired in similar roles at the same time. She also said her supervisor treated her differently from male colleagues by ignoring her emails and excluding her from certain staff meetings. She sued under the federal Equal Pay Act, New York's Equal Pay Law and New York's Human Rights Act.
Background
In November 2017 and November 2018, Rowe complained to HR that she was "under-leveled" at hire. Google conducted an internal investigation and found her leveling process was not discriminatory and was based on her industry experience and knowledge, according to court documents.
She applied for a promotion in 2018 and didn't get it. She expressed interest in a different promotion in 2020, but was told she would not be considered, according to court documents.
For the first promotion, Google said Rowe was not selected because she was not the preferred candidate based on feedback from her interviewers, and the search was later paused due to changes in Google...
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