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Re:Google, Department of Labor settlement resolves alleged p... by ocdtrekkie on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:20PM (#25996780)
"$1,232,000 in back pay and interest to 1,757 female and 1,219 Asian applicants for software engineering positions not hired."

How is "not hired" not a measurable injury? Google screwed their careers. And presumably these employees would be making six figure salaries... each. There's no way that the tiny amount of "back pay" here actually covers that or even close to it.

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Re:Google, Department of Labor settlement resolves alleged p... by username90 on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:26PM (#25996806)
You have to compare the pay with what they got instead. Most of them almost surely got hired at equivalent companies if they managed to clear the Google interviews.
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