Google, Black Workers Reach $50 Million Race Bias Settlement (1)

Google LLC has agreed to pay $50 million to settle race discrimination allegations brought by a proposed class of Black workers who said the tech giant pushed them into dead-end jobs and denied them advancement.

The proposed deal would benefit approximately 4,000 Black and other “Black+" workers—Google’s internal designation akin to the EEOC category of “Two or More Races” where one is Black—according to a motion filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

“The Settlement is an outstanding result for the Settlement Class,” the parties said. “More than substantial monetary relief, the Settlement Agreement ...