Google to pay €25m to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees

The lawsuit was led by Ana Cantu, who identifies as Mexican and racially Indigenous, on behalf of employees from Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Native American and other minority backgrounds at Google.

The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet, won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California.

Google has agreed to pay $28m (€25.6m) to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favoured white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.

The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet, won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California.