“Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries and delayed correcting the pay rates for more than two years as it attempted to cover up the problem, the Guardian can reveal.”
Google knew since May 2019 that it was breaking equal pay laws for temps in the UK, Europe and Asia. Its executives and attorneys admitted the slow fix was not “the correct outcome from a compliance perspective.” They chose cheap and quiet anyway. The investigation started once a reporter called.