Google Gender Bias Verdict Resonates for Employer Equity Efforts

A New York federal jury’s demand that Google LLC shell out $1.15 million in damages to resolve a former female executive’s gender bias claims is a wake-up call for employers, especially tech companies, to identify and mitigate biases against protected groups.

Ulku Rowe, an executive in Google’s cloud unit, was the first to sue the tech giant for pay discrimination after more than 20,000 workers in 2018 walked out in protest over how management was handling cases of sexual misconduct and issues concerning pay inequality. The protest led to the company ending its mandatory arbitration policy for individual sexual harassment ...