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Labor department sues Google over pay data
Labor department sues Google over pay data
By Wendy Lee | January 4, 2017 | Updated: January 4, 2017 4:35pm
wlee@sfchronicle.com
@thewendylee
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Google because the company failed to provide compensation data, which it had agreed to do as a federal contractor.
The data requested include job and salary history of employees as of Sept. 1, 2014 and 2015, as well as the names of employees and their contact information, the department said in the suit, which was filed with its Office of Administrative Law Judges. The department said it is requesting this data as part of its efforts to make sure there is no employment discrimination by its contractors and subcontractors.
If Google doesn’t provide the data, the department is asking the court to order the Mountain View company’s federal contracts canceled and to bar Google from participating in future federal contracts until it provides the information requested.
According to the Department of Labor, its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had asked Google to provide the data by June 1, and was told on June 17 that Google would not hand over the information.
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Wendy Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
By Wendy Lee | January 4, 2017 | Updated: January 4, 2017 4:35pm
wlee@sfchronicle.com
@thewendylee
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Google because the company failed to provide compensation data, which it had agreed to do as a federal contractor.
The data requested include job and salary history of employees as of Sept. 1, 2014 and 2015, as well as the names of employees and their contact information, the department said in the suit, which was filed with its Office of Administrative Law Judges. The department said it is requesting this data as part of its efforts to make sure there is no employment discrimination by its contractors and subcontractors.
If Google doesn’t provide the data, the department is asking the court to order the Mountain View company’s federal contracts canceled and to bar Google from participating in future federal contracts until it provides the information requested.
According to the Department of Labor, its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had asked Google to provide the data by June 1, and was told on June 17 that Google would not hand over the information.
....
Wendy Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.