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Official reportedly made claims in San Francisco court
Department sued Google in January over pay data compliance
Alphabet Inc.�s Google denied Department of Labor allegations
that an in-progress investigation suggests �systemic
compensation disparities against women� at the internet giant.
�Every year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay
across genders and we have found no gender pay gap,� Google said
in an emailed statement Sunday. �Other than making an unfounded
statement which we heard for the first time in court, the DoL
hasn�t provided any data, or shared its methodology.�
The Guardian reported that Labor Department regional director
Janette Wipper testified in San Francisco court Friday that the
pay disparities against women appear to be found �pretty much
across the entire workforce� at the tech company. The
investigation isn�t complete but the department has received
compelling evidence of �significant discrimination,� the
Guardian reported, citing the Labor Department�s regional
solicitor, Janet Herold.
The allegations come at a time when Silicon Valley is under the
microscope like never before for reports of discrimination
against women. Uber Technologies Inc. has been investigating
claims of sexual harassment from a former engineer, while
investors across the tech world are wondering how to transform
both start-ups and more established digital companies into more
egalitarian workplaces.
The testimony couldn�t be immediately confirmed from court
records. Representatives of the Labor Department in San
Francisco didn�t immediately respond to requests for comment on
Sunday.
The department sued Google in January, alleging the company had
failed to turn over compensation data and documents as part of a
routine compliance evaluation. Google is required to let the
government inspect records for an audit because it�s a federal
contractor, according to the Labor Department.
Google already has turned over 1.8 million data points and spent
more than $500,000 to comply with the requests, including having
its engineers build a new tool to extract information from its
databases, said Lisa Barnett Sween, litigation manager with
Jackson Lewis P.C. in San Francisco, representing Google.
A Department of Labor administrative law judge in San Francisco
on Friday granted Google�s request for a preliminary protective
order on its salary data. Google, like many Silicon Valley
companies, fiercely guards compensation used to lure and retain
employees.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-09/google-denies- labor-department-s-pay-disparity-allegations
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