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Google has agreed to shell out $3.8 million to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job opportunities, the US Department of Labour said on Monday.</p>
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The settlement includes $2.6 million in back pay to 5,500 employees and job candidates and requires Google to review hiring and salary practices.</p>
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Google also will set aside $1.25 million for pay adjustments for engineers over the next five years, according to the settlement. Any unused funds will be spent on diversity efforts at Google.</p>
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The allegations arose from a routine compliance audit several years ago required by Google&#39;s status as a supplier of technology to the US Federal Government.</p>
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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had found &quot;preliminary indicators&quot; that Google from 2014 to 2017 at times underpaid 2,783 women in its software engineering group.</p>
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Investigators also found hiring rate differences that disadvantaged women and Asian candidates during the year ended Aug. 31, 2017, for software engineering roles in the company.</p>
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The company already conducts annual pay audits, but like other big tech companies, it remains under public scrutiny for a workforce that does not reflect the country&#39;s makeup in terms of race and gender.</p>
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Google said it was pleased to have resolved the matter. &quot;We believe everyone should be paid based upon the work they do, not who they are, and invest heavily to make our hiring and compensation processes fair and unbiased,&quot; the company said in a statement.</p>
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