Google’s Pay-Data Fight With Labor Department Dropped (2)

The Labor Department has dropped its appeal in a case seeking employee pay history from Alphabet Inc.'s Google.

A DOL appeals board Feb. 1 granted the agency’s voluntary request for dismissal. An administrative law judge held in 2017 that it would be too burdensome for Google to turn over the salary histories of about 25,000 workers dating back to the company’s formation in 1998. The data request was made during an Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs audit of the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

The judge, however, said Google had to give the office a separate “snapshot” of ...