Google Still Searching for End to Pay Data Lawsuit

Google Inc.'s pay data dispute with the Labor Department is showing no signs of being resolved after an administrative law judge May 2 declined to dismiss the department’s lawsuit against the company (OFCCP v. Google, Inc., Dep’t of Labor A.L.J., No. 2017-OFC-00004, order denying motion to dismiss 5/2/17).

Labor Department Regional Director Janette Wipper dropped somewhat of a bombshell last month when she told Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin that the department had already uncovered “systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce” at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The DOL and Google are embroiled ...