Google to pay $50 million to settle racial discrimination lawsuit in a landmark judgment

Google has agreed to pay $50 million (nearly ₹417.5 crore) to resolve a lawsuit alleging systemic racial discrimination against Black employees, marking one of the tech giant’s most significant legal challenges in recent years.

The proposed settlement, filed on Thursday evening in a federal court in Oakland, California, covers more than 4,000 current and former Black employees based in California and New York. The agreement, which still requires court approval, follows accusations that Google maintained a racially biased corporate culture that hindered Black employees’ career growth and remuneration.