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118 gender bias charges against Microsoft in 7 years
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IANS | 14 Mar, 2018
Women employees in technical
roles filed 118 gender discrimination complaints with Microsoft between
2010 and 2016 but the tech giant concluded that just one of those
complaints was "founded", media reported.
Citing court documents
filed by plaintiffs in an ongoing suit against Microsoft, The Seattle
Times reported late on Tuesday that female employees raised issues about
the biased treatment to the Microsoft HR department a total of 238
times.
The lawsuit, filed in District Court in Seattle, seeks class-action status which could add more than 8,600 women to the case.
"Women
in the class lost out on up to $238 million in pay and 500 promotions
because of widespread discrimination, largely within the company's
performance-review process that determines pay and promotions for
employees," the report noted.
The plaintiffs argued that men in
similar roles with similar job performance were promoted faster and
given more raises than their female colleagues.
A Microsoft
spokesperson was quoted as saying that all employee concerns are taken
seriously and that the company has a "fair and robust system in place"
to investigate them.
But plaintiffs claim that employees have "little faith" in the investigative process.
In
2017, Microsoft had a global workforce of more than 120,000 people and
about 25.9 per cent was female. The technical employees were 19 per cent
female.
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