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Uber settles discrimination lawsuit with three female engineers for $10 million

The suit was filed by three email software engineers in October of last year alleging that Uber’s payment and promotion system discriminated based on gender and race, reports Recode. The suit grew to represent 420 of the company’s engineers who identified themselves as women or people of color who said Uber’s compensation structure was discriminatory. […]

Uber settles discrimination lawsuit with three female engineers for $10 million

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BY Michael Grothaus0 minute read

The suit was filed by three email software engineers in October of last year alleging that Uber’s payment and promotion system discriminated based on gender and race, reports Recode. The suit grew to represent 420 of the company’s engineers who identified themselves as women or people of color who said Uber’s compensation structure was discriminatory. Besides the $10 million financial settlement, Uber is also agreeing to regularly report diversity metrics from now on and says it will enhance its systems for compensations and reviews. Uber execs will also take part in a review of the company’s diversity growth twice a year.

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. Michael’s current tech-focused areas of interest include AI, quantum computing, and the ways tech can improve the quality of life for the elderly and individuals with disabilities More


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