Google officials testified that the company would have to spend up to 500 hours of work and $100,000 to furnish wage data, as part of an ongoing Department of Labor investigation. The Guardian’s Sam Levin reports. Here is the link.
Accused of underpaying women, Google says it’s too expensive to get wage data — The Guardian
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