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A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million. Rowe\u2019s lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts and that it later denied her promotions in retaliation for her complaints, both internal and later in court. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bloomberg Law<\/em> reports<\/a> the jury ruled that Google owes Rowe for both punitive damages and pain and suffering. Rowe said<\/a> before the trial started that her time at Google was \u201covershadowed by what I believe are unfair compensation and treatment due to my gender.\u201d She alleged that, after the company passed her over for a promotion to vice president that was given to a man who had neither applied nor was qualified and she filed her lawsuit, the company again denied her another similar promotion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In an email sent to The Verge<\/em>, Attorney Cara Green of Outten & Golden said that the \u201cunanimous verdict not only validates Ms. Rowe\u2019s allegations of mistreatment by Google,\u201d but that it sends a message that \u201cdiscrimination and retaliation will not be tolerated in the workplace.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n