Google to reportedly pay $50 million to settle racial bias lawsuit involving 4,000 employees

Google has reportedly agreed to pay a $50 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging systemic racial bias against employees from the Black community in the US. This comes after a preliminary agreement, which covers over 4,000 current and former employees of the Alphabet-owned company in California and New York, was recently filed in the Oakland, California, federal court and is pending judicial approval, the report claims. The plaintiffs in the proposed class action accused the tech giant of fostering a “racially biased corporate culture” where Black employees were often directed to lower-level positions, received less pay, faced downgraded performance reviews, and were even denied advancement opportunities.