Google must pay $150,000 for gender discrimination to Ulku Rowe, director of engineering at Google Cloud. The executive assured that the company had subjected her to differential treatment because she was a woman, paying her less compensation than her male counterparts in a similar situation.
As reported Bloombergthe company hired a less qualified man, instead of offering her the promotion, when she was the most qualified candidate.
The company of Alphabet He must also pay one million dollars for damages received, as decided this Friday by a jury in the United States.
Rowe accuses Google of gender discrimination
Ulku Rowe pointed out in her lawsuit that Google, as a result of her complaints about these discriminatory actions, the company retaliated against her, demoting her to a lower category.
The eight-person jury determined Friday night that Google owes her $150,000 for pain and suffering caused by the discriminatory treatment and an extra $1 million for punitive damages.
It is not the first time that Google has faced accusations of gender discrimination. In 2018 the company faced massive strikes where its workers protested how the technology company has handled sexual misconduct by some of its top executives.
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