LinkedIn Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Women Over Discrimination Claims – The New York Times

Technology|LinkedIn Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Women Over Discrimination Claimshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/technology/linkedin-equal-pay-settlement.htmlThe professional networking platform reached a settlement with the U.S. Labor Department over allegations that it underpaid 686 female employees in California from 2015 to 2017, officials said.LinkedIn offices in downtown San Francisco.Credit…Sundry Photography/AlamyMay 3, 2022Updated 11:39 p.m. ETLinkedIn, the professional networking platform, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $1.8 million to female employees who the agency said received far less compensation than their male colleagues from 2015 to 2017, the department said on Tuesday.According to a statement released by the agency, LinkedIn denied 686 women equal pay at its San Francisco office and at its headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. The women worked in engineering, marketing and product roles.During a routine evaluation, the agency found that the women in question had been paid “at a statistically significant lower rate” than their male counterparts even after taking into account “legitimate explanatory factors,” according to the conciliation agreement between LinkedIn and the Labor Department.“Our agreement will ensure that LinkedIn better understands its obligations as a federal contractor,” Jane Suhr, a regional director of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, said in the agency’s…
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