Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it pays white and Asian employees more and even puts them on a higher career track than other workers.
The lawsuit was led by Ana Cantu, a Mexican who is racially indigenous, on behalf of other minority communities including Hispanic, Latino, Native Americans at Google.
The accord with Google won approval from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California last week.
He said the settlement was fair and reasonable and “a good result for the class” of 6,632 Google employees in California between 15 February 2018 and 31 December 2024.