Apple sued for underpaying women in same jobs/duties as men, doesn't stomp on sexual complaints

[thewayne]

A class-action suit filed against Apple charges that they have been chronically underpaid for years. One of the women said that she saw a tax form on a printer that showed she was making $10,000 less than a male colleague doing essentially the same job and with the same qualifications. Another alleges that their complaints about sexual harassment are not being taken seriously, she states that after being inappropriately touched without consent that a manager wanted them to sit with their desks next to each other to foster team spirit and collaboration. She ended up taking a sick leave of absence until the man who touched her was promoted out of the team.

Globally, Apple is 65% male. The date range of the complaint is 2020 and 2024, and 12,000 women could receive compensation because of it.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/apple-deliberately-pays-women-less-than-men-lawsuit-says/

Comments

[disneydream06]

Underpaying women? NEVER...
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[silveradept]

Well, that's not a surprising allegation. I'll bet that's true in many other places, too, and they just haven't discovered the W-2s yet.

[thewayne]

Exactly.  Many states have wage transparency laws, but at the same time corps like to play games and play people off of each other and try to conceal the info.

[garote]

How much of this is going to be explained away by defense lawyers claiming that men tend to negotiate more aggressively for pay raises or other compensation?

Apple is the sort of company (and there are plenty) who will give you the job title you ask for and then negotiate separately for compensation before they even hire you, and will then goad you into working as hard as you possibly can and then completely forget to promote or reward you unless you get in someone’s face and demand it. I know; I was there for five years and have been in their industry for 30. What you’re paid is more about what YOU lay claim to, not what your neighbor does.

Declaring this a class action smells a bit like lawyers making a money grab.

[thewayne]

All class actions are lawyers making a money grab.  Still, some are relevant to the reason they're filed.